User:Paul2520/sandbox
I use this page for miscellaneous links and tracking that I'm not sure how better to organize.
If you have any suggestions, let me know!
Temporary "watchlists"
[edit]Vandalism
[edit]Davey "Crabsticks" Trotter via this reddit thread:
- Now listed at Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia!
wiki signature mockups
[edit]Inspiration for a future signature: User:Relativity
Places where/situations in which I've edited Wikipedia
[edit]I'm debating if I should make this into an essay/subpage itself.
- use Special:Diff or Special:PermanentLink template?
Tanzania (I believe starts with α and ends with ω); in a meeting 2 (and many more!) while on a call with IT at work in the bath (and in the shower) CDG airport in Paris Rome aboard a train from Milan to Paris at the Louvre, in sight of said painting while riding a cab in London; really crowded pub during the World Cup final a few minutes before an interview, to calm my nerves PDX on a bus between Portland and Bend Bend, Oregon (and edits thereabouts) runway in Missoula 18th bday party for WP Ireland: [11] through ???; at a classy bar with friends (I told them about the event, too!) at a game night
Windows partition on a MacBook Pro
in the "green room" of a church basement
on a treadmill: at least [12] through [13]
inside Tabletop Simulator: [14]
at a Mehndi ceremony after getting a peacock henna tattoo: [15]
on a train, somewhere between Rotterdam and Amsterdam
highway in Belgium (I'm not driving!)
Schiphol Airport: [16] through [17]
at said band's concert; at that venue
in a carriage house [18]
while eating Pakistani cake rusk
15ish feet from them performing
while running a meeting (on second screen)
big edit days
[edit]- 15 October 2022: 157
- 17 October 2022: 229
- 19 October 2022: 227
- 1 October 2024: 160+
- 9 December 2024: 158
Miscellany
[edit]Hist 2111-10: [23], [24], [25], [26], [27] (and full citation on talk page) -- [28] is related
this was a long time coming; this one was even longer (likewise with this and this; see also [29])
welcomed people who have been around longer than me:
- other cake options: File:LD-Zebra-Cakes.jpg (see also User:Joe Decker/Kudos § A little snack), File:Marvel Cake.jpg
reverted deez nuts on Jeff Bezos
to remember
[edit]- I learned the term citogenesis from Talk:Markdown
- Fletcherism, via "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"
- Kiribati is not pronounced how I expected!
Funny things
[edit]- File:Wikipedia-snegir-135px.png
- The poster for Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018 film) says "RELEASING TOMORROW"
To explore
[edit]Editing stuff
[edit]- User:Frietjes/findargdups
- User:Lupin/Anti-vandal tool
- User:Citation bot/use
- Category:Move to Commons Priority Candidates and Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons (bot-assessed)
- Category:Pages where post-expand include size is exceeded
For leisure/knowledge
[edit]- Google hacking/pentesting in general
- see Hungry Tree in Dublin
- La casa de papel and Hello Neighbor look fun
- Seven Wonders of Cape Verde (via Eunice Silva)
- Predatory publishers (list)
- Does there exist policy (other than WP:RELIABLE) / a list on WP?
- meta:The Wikipedia Library/Newsletter/August-September2017
- films: Ordinary Magic, Isa, Boiler Room
- "Papirosn"
- try Sima (mead) on May Day (and while I'm at it, add references to the article!)
- Museum of Geometric and MADI Art
- American Me (film starring Edward James Olmos)
- SCP Foundation
Art
[edit]Books
[edit]- I'm going through User:AaronSw/Books every citizen must read.
- São Tomé and Príncipe § Literature
- authors: P. J. Tracy, Tex Geddes, James Tiptree Jr.
- Books/series that intrigue me:
- Behold the Man (novel)
- Colossus (novel)
- Father Brown
- Trinity
- Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
- A Nomad of the Time Streams (and more: List of alternate history fiction)
- Wild Boy (novel)
- Seven Years in Tibet
- Ex Machina (comics)
- Gray's Anatomy
- Corto Maltese, mentioned in Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
- Primary Colors
- Lupin III
- Jarhead
- The Beast Player
- The Lost World
- The Lion (Kessel novel)
- Modern Library 100 Best Novels and other such lists
- short stories: "Redemption Cairn"
- Hart's Rules
- The Art of Thinking Clearly
- The Tale of Genji
- Snow Crash
- plays:
Movies/TV
[edit]- A Fantastic Woman
- Twin Peaks
- Run (American TV series)
- Zoom (2015 film)
- Everyday People
- Lincoln
- Island Etude (my brother recommended it)
- Tower Heist
- The Chess Players
- Coming to America
- see Micro movie
- Distant Drums (first known use of the Wilhelm scream!)
- In the Fade
- George Washington (miniseries) and Alexander Hamilton (film)
- All About the Benjamins (with Lil Bow Wow)
- The Third Man
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Red Dwarf
- Steve McQueen
Food or food-related
[edit]People
[edit]- read book by/about Sake Dean Mahomed
Travel
[edit]- Georgia Guidestones
- Sphinx Observatory
- Mama Lee lived on a cruise ship
- The Lock-Up
Other
[edit]- Video games
Fun Links
[edit]- Wikipedia:Vital articles (thanks for the rec, L235!)
- Wikipedia:Unusual articles
- User:Emijrp/All human knowledge
- Listen to Wikipedia
- Six Degrees of Wikipedia / Six Degrees of Wikipedia (more colorful)
- Special:CentralAuth/Paul2520 • edit counter
- Wikimedia projects edits counter
- Wikipedia:Deleted articles with freaky titles
- User pages I like
- There are so many.