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I work on several projects within Wikipedia, which I have listed below with a description of what I generally do in those areas. I also operate a separate bot account primarily for the purpose of template maintenance within the television, film, and Westerns WikiProjects.
*Content added or written and sources cited are may or may not be the opinion of the editor.
WikiProject Westerns
[edit]If you enjoy Westerns, or any of its subgenres, and you're looking for ways to contribute to Wikipedia, consider helping out the Westerns project. There is crossover with other WikiProjects and so many of the articles are added, written, and/or maintained by editors in those projects (such as Film or Television). Thus, the Westerns project is primarily a curation and organizational project rather than one that produces content.
Although the project is primarily curation, there is opportunity to create or expand content. Check out a list of stubs for film or literature.
There are currently task forces for television, film, and people. There is likely a need for a literature task force in the future. These task forces give some focus for specific niches and make it easier to curate articles.
There are currently 9932 pages including articles, templates, and categories that are of interest to the project. Here are the most recent numbers:
The top 500 pages in the Westerns project generally account for around 35 million views per month.
The top 100 pages in the Westerns television task force generally account for around 10 million views per month.
WikiProject Television
[edit]I participate in the television WikiProject. You can, too.
My Mayberry page - notes, sources, and links for TAGS (I haven't worked on this in a very long while).
In addition to the main work noted above, I participate, albeit indirectly, in some other WikiProjects, most notably, WikiProject Christianity (primarily in its work groups, task forces, and subprojects). Some of that is cross-over with other projects that I already focus on (Television and Film). Other work is on specific articles or topics. I also participate in the Film and Radio projects, but almost all of that is related to my work in the Westerns project.
I spend a good deal of time improving, maintaining, and preventing vandalism to certain articles that generally fall under WP:FRINGE and extremism. Some of this includes articles that fall under British Israelism and Christian Identity. I have also written a number of articles in this space. That spills over into some related topics of far-right groups, individuals, and subjects. While some might find some of these extreme views to be wholly unrelated to modern Christianity, there is an intersection of articles on beliefs, organizations, and people linking BI and early CI beliefs to fundamentalism, millennialism, apocalypticism, and Pentecostalism, although there is divergence on views of Christian Zionism. I have an extensive library of material on these topics (see "Sources" below), so if you are having trouble finding sources, feel free to ask for assistance.
I also work on categorization from time-to-time, trying to correct circular hierarchies and addressing issues of WP:CATSPECIFIC and WP:CATDEF, mostly in categories related to the items above. Categorization on Wikipedia is hierarchical, not meta tagging. I'm working on an essay describing the difference.
If you need help finding a source, sometimes I can help. I have access to the Wikipedia Library and generally use that for newspapers, journals, and other academic texts. I also have access to a seminary library and two university libraries, one of which is a large land-grant research university. In addition to these resources, I have a fairly extensive home library on a number of subjects including fringe topics (BI, CI, and extremism), theology, agrarianism, and film and television references. Many of these are academic sources, and some are rare or out-of-print. I have quite a few reference works on television and film, particularly classic television and Westerns, so if you are looking to find citable sources for casting, writing, directing, and production credits, I can help in that area. I have a collection of rare and out-of-print books on Christian eschatology, specifically with regards to dispensational futurism (i.e. "rapture theology", although I'm not a futurist). If there's something you can't find, source, or verify, I might be able to help (or at least try to - and if I can't, I'll let you know).
When it comes to books, a lot of citations I have added on Wikipedia are from sources that I actually own or otherwise have physical or electronic access to, as opposed to something I was just able to find on the Internet.
I use AutoWikiBrowser to help keep various WikiProject Television maintenance categories cleared. Several categories are monitored regularly to keep them clear. Some of these are maintained by my bot (see "Bot account" section below).
I am an AWB power user, and I use the tool to do tasks that involve repetitive edits. If you need assistance with a large batch of repetitive editing, you can ask for me to do it. If I can write a regex ("regular expression") or a series of regexes to complete the task, I can run it for you through AWB.
I also use Python and the Wikimedia API, and more complex tasks can be done using those tools (see "Bot account" section below).
Some of the tools I use (and documentation for some):
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I have a bot account for operating approved automated tasks. Currently, primary bot tasks run using AWB with some help from the Wikimedia API. I also use Python and Pulover's Macro Creator to assist in automation and repetitive tasks.
See the bot's contributions.
If you're here to report a bot malfunction:
Use the bot's talk page to stop the bot, or... 
to report bugs, use my talk page.
- If your edit summary says, "providing relevant/factual/correct information" then it's certain to be looked at with scrutiny by experienced editors.Cite error: There are
<ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
- If your edit summary says, "correcting lies," it probably isn't and is likely to be reverted.Cite error: There are
<ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
- Everyone can tell when you're a sockpuppet. You're not fooling anyone.
- Don't sealion. It's unbecoming and obvious.
- Don't bother telling everyone how brilliant you are. Display it through your editing, or it's mere puffery (actions speak louder than words).
- Don't assume everything said to you is about you. Get over yourself (see #5).
- Long live the Oxford Comma!
Just because I said something, linked something, or cited something on Wikipedia is not an endorsement. I may agree or disagree with any given text or any source I have added to the encyclopedia. Anything I have added to an article is based solely on what has been reliably written on a topic and is merely summarizing other sources in a best effort to align with a neutral point of view ("neutral" does not mean "balanced"). What I personally think or believe may or may not be reflected in content that I have edited. The opinions presented are not mine and may or may not reflect the actual opinions of the editor.
to report bugs, use my talk page.
