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Why do I edit Wikipedia?

If you have been editing Wikipedia for a while, you have probably heard the joke: {{pull quote|The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it would be a total disaster.}} This rings more true today than ever. With the proliferation of ad companies like social media and search engine optimization, you would think a project like Wikipedia would get overrun with bad actors, but remarkably, the people who genuinely want to help build an encyclopedia far outnumber those who want to misuse the platform to promote falsehoods, sell stuff, or manipulate people. If this were not true, Wikipedia would be doomed to fail.

In other words, Wikipedia's success and continued existence requires that more humans want to help each other than hurt each other. That is so cool. These days, there is no shortage of reasons to be cynical, but the fact that Wikipedia exists at all means that, hey, maybe there is hope for us yet. To be sure, Wikipedia is far from perfect, but that only means there is more work to be done, more articles to improve, more topics to cover. On Wikipedia, if you see a problem, you can go in and fix it yourself. On most articles, that is something you can just do right now. This is a project where the people who use the product and the people who make the product are one and the same.

Along the way, you'll meet all sorts of amazing Wikipedians, not all of whom will share the same opinions or interests as you. That's okay. That's good. Disagreement and conflict are inevitable in any diverse community. As long as we have mutual respect for each other as individuals, I have faith that we can move forward.

That way, we can reach a point where, decades or perhaps even a century from now, after we're long gone, subsequent generations can still look back through that "View history" link and see our usernames in that history. What will your contribution to that history be?

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|text=Suddenly I stopped, unable to breathe. As the image flew overhead, I could see the smooth blue feathers, the arced, pointed wings, and the jet-black head of a peregrine falcon. [...] I had been taken full circle. I was watching a wild peregrine falcon flying freely in a field—outside my own front door.

|author=Marcy Cottrell Houle

|source=preface to Wings for My Flight {{Class/icon|GA}} (2014 updated edition)

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Hello, and welcome to my user page.

I'm Mz7, and I am a volunteer editor at Wikipedia. I made my first edits to Wikipedia in 2008 as an anonymous user. I created an account in March 2010, but I really only started actively editing in late 2011. Most of my work here is behind-the-scenes:

As an administrator, lately I've been helping with various administrative backlogs, such as:
conducting sockpuppet investigations
intervening against ongoing vandalism
Every now and then, I create and develop articles. See here for a list of pages I've created, and below for a list of pages I have significantly contributed to. I have several DYK credits, listed at the bottom of my user page.

I have three alternative user accounts: User:Mz7 (alt), which I use on non-personal or otherwise insecure computers; User:Mz7 (test account), which I use to see how Wikipedia looks to new users; and User:Mz7 (bot), which I am currently using to update the case table you see at WP:SPI.

Articles I have significantly contributed to:

Wings for My Flight {{Class/icon|GA}}
Vinicius and Tom {{Class/icon|GA}}
Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle {{Class/icon|GA}}
Plumhoff v. Rickard {{Class/icon|GA}}
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission {{Class/icon|GA}}
Safford Unified School District v. Redding {{Class/icon|GA}}
Miraitowa and Someity {{Class/icon|B}}
Martin v. United States {{Class/icon|C}}
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft {{Class/icon|C}}
Hydraulic Press Channel {{Class/icon|C}}
The Prairie Keepers {{Class/icon|start}}
Poppy (novel) {{Class/icon|start}}
Praying Drunk {{Class/icon|stub}}
Thor Hanson (biologist) {{Class/icon|stub}}

Wikipedia essays I've written:

Well then, I'll see you around! —Mz7

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|text = On 6 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wings for My Flight, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that by 1975, the year Marcy Cottrell Houle's book Wings for My Flight documents, only 324 pairs of peregrine falcons resided in the United States? {{#if: |The nomination discussion and review may be seen at .|{{#ifexist:Template:Did you know nominations/Wings for My Flight|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wings for My Flight.|{{#ifexist:Template talk:Did you know/Wings for My Flight|The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Wings for My Flight.}} }} }} You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiviewstats/index.php?page=Wings_for_My_Flight&datefrom=2015-11-01&dateto=2015-11-31 live views], [http://stats.grok.se/en/201511/Wings_for_My_Flight daily totals]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

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|text = On 11 June 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hydraulic Press Channel, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when the Hydraulic Press Channel, a YouTube channel, broadcast the folding of a piece of paper seven times using a hydraulic press, the paper exploded? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hydraulic Press Channel. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews#start=2016-06-01&end=2016-06-21&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Hydraulic_Press_Channel Hydraulic Press Channel]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

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|text = On 18 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vinicius and Tom, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics, coaches threw plush dolls of Vinicius, the Olympic mascot, into the ring (pictured) if they wished to challenge a referee's call? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Vinicius and Tom. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2016-12-08&end=2016-12-28&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Vinicius_and_Tom Vinicius and Tom]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

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|text = On 14 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Plumhoff v. Rickard, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in a 2014 case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a group of police officers acted reasonably when they fired fifteen shots to end a high-speed car chase? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Plumhoff v. Rickard. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?start=2020-05-04&end=2020-05-24&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Plumhoff_v._Rickard Plumhoff v. Rickard]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. — Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

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|text = On 16 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after Ohio fined a woman $100 for not putting her name on a political leaflet, her estate appealed the fine all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2020-09-06&end=2020-09-26&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=McIntyre_v._Ohio_Elections_Commission McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

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|text = On 13 November 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Safford Unified School District v. Redding, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in a 2009 case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a group of school officials violated the U.S. Constitution when they strip-searched a 13-year-old middle-school student? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Safford Unified School District v. Redding. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, [//pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2020-11-03&end=2020-11-23&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Safford_Unified_School_District_v._Redding Safford Unified School District v. Redding]), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

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|text = On 1 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Martin v. United States, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the U.S. Supreme Court is currently deciding whether the family who lived in a house wrongly raided by the FBI may sue the government? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Martin v. United States. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?start=2025-05-22&end=2025-06-11&project=en.wikipedia.org&pages=Martin_v._United_States Martin v. United States]), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

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