User:Matthewedwards

Urgent FLCs

This is where I'm currently most active I try to spend a day on each, and move onto the next.

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administrator

I'm now an admin I have been an adminsistrator for 17 years, 9 months and 14 days. Mostly I use the extra buttons to be able to edit fully protected templates, and carry out WP:CSDs. I have also been known to block users and protect pages.

interests on Wikipedia

...so what do I do on here? (apart from waste far too much time wikisurfing)

I can usually be found at WP:Featured list candidates and WP:Featured list removal candidates, where I act as co-director with User:Scorpion0422. This means that when a WP:List is nominated at WP:FLC, either Scorpion or I will, after a number of weeks, determine whether or not consensus is to promote or not promote the list, and close the nomination accordingly. I occasionally participate at WP:Lambs to the slaughter, usually picking out something which interests me. If I have no knowledge in the subject, I usually point out WP:MOS breaches. Upon request, I will try to carry out any other Peer review, WP:Featured article review or at a push, copy edit. Additionally, if you need an image to be mapped, I'll do that, too.

With regards to my editing, I am usually doing something within the scope of the WP:WikiProject Television, though I quite often venture into something entirely different. If you look through my contribs, it's likely that you'll see I don't edit in the mainspace a lot; instead I write my edits down on paper, then type them out into my sandbox, and then make one large edit to an article. This is especially true for new articles or article re-writes.

When I get writer's block, I try to help out with behind-the-scenes stuff that isn't usually noticed by the average editor. There are a number of backlogs which always need attention. I tend to go for redundant media, merging and splitting articles, cleanups, renaming images, orphaned articles and images, and the occasional French to English translation.

Although I don't vandal patrol, I do revert whenever I see vandalism to a page on my watchlist. I probably should do more, but all those counter-vandalism programs such as Vandalproof, VandalSniper, WikiBench and Huggle just confuse me.

Three other things that keep me busy from time to time are

• CAT:SHORTFIX (Replacing {{shortcut|[[WP:A]]}} with {{shortcut|WP:A}}, and {{shortcut|[[WP:A]]<br>[[WP:B]]}} with {{shortcut|WP:A|WP:B}} in {{shortcut}} and its sister templates)
• WP:NOWRAP (Replacing {{nowrap|Entry 1}}{{·}} {{nowrap|Entry 2}} with {{nowrap begin}}Entry 1{{·w}} Entry 2{{nowrap end}}, and {{·}}{{wrap}} and {{·wrap}} with {{·w}} in Navboxes)
• WP:DOC (Replacing {{/doc}} with {{documentation}} in templates)

When I'm bored of all that, User:Sardanaphalus#To finish/do and User:Davidgothberg always have things that need doing.

Finally, my userpage was designed by User:EyeSerene. So many thanks to him!

milestones

• May 2007: ACCOUNT CREATED
• July 2007: FIRST MAJOR EDITS Concert for Diana
• October 2007: FIRST FEATURED LIST List of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes
• March 2008: FIRST GOOD ARTICLE Degrassi: The Next Generation
• April 2008: FIRST FEATURED ARTICLE Degrassi: The Next Generation
• April 2008: FIRST FEATURED TOPIC Seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation
• July 2008: FIRST DYK? List of Blue Peter presenters
• July 2008: SUCCESSFUL RFA

other achievements

Looky what I did

Did You Knows?

• List of Blue Peter presenters (DYK? updated on 2008-07-08)
• Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation) (DYK? updated on 2008-08-21)
• The Boys from Baghdad High (DYK? updated on 2008-08-29)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 8) (DYK? updated on 2008-09-29)
• Musical road (DYK? updated on 2008-10-30)
• Tokio Hotel discography (DYK? updated on 2009-01-14)
• Chesley Sullenberger (DYK? updated on 2009-01-27)
• Invitations to the inauguration of Barack Obama (DYK? updated on 2009-01-29)
• Chesley Sullenberger (DYK? updated on 2009-01-27)
• Bert_Shelley (DYK? updated on 2009-02-09)
• International status and usage of the euro (DYK? updated on 2009-02-26)
• List of woodlice of the British Isles (DYK? updated on 2009-03-04)
• San Francisco congestion pricing (DYK? updated on 2009-03-04)
• Land Rover engines (DYK? updated on 2009-03-06)
• Not All Dogs Go to Heaven (DYK? updated on 2009-03-07)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 1) (DYK? updated on 2009-03-18)
• Hedgehog Pie (DYK? updated on 2009-04-01)
• Jamelia discography (DYK? updated on 2009-04-25)
• Already Gone (Kelly Clarkson song) (DYK? updated on 2009-08-07)

In The News-es

• US Airways Flight 1549 (ITN updated on 2009-01-15)

Good articles

•  Degrassi: The Next Generation, promoted on 2008-03-15
•  Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation), promoted on 2008-08-17
•  Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel, promoted on 2009-01-17
•  The Million Dollar Homepage, promoted on 2009-02-08
•  Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 1), promoted on 2009-06-12
•  Already Gone (Kelly Clarkson song), promoted on 2009-12-07
•  Not All Dogs Go to Heaven, promoted on 2010-02-24

Featured articles

• Degrassi: The Next Generation (passed on 2008-04-30, and appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 16, 2010 on 2010-07-16)
• Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation) (passed on 2008-09-23)
• Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel (passed on 2009-01-31)
• The Million Dollar Homepage (passed on 2009-02-24, and appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 10, 2009 on 2009-05-10)
• The Boys from Baghdad High (passed on 2010-08-31)

Featured lists

• List of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes (passed on 2007-10-14)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 1) (passed on 2008-02-14)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 2) (passed on 2008-02-23)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 3) (passed on 2008-03-10)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 4) (passed on 2008-03-08)
• Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office (passed on 2008-03-24)
• List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions (passed on 2008-03-24)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 5) (passed on 2008-04-15)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 6) (passed on 2008-04-15)
• List of Blue Peter presenters (passed on 2008-07-16)
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 7) (passed on 2008-08-14)
• List of 24 episodes (passed on 2009-01-17)
• Tokio Hotel discography (passed on 2009-01-17)
• Girls Aloud discography (passed on 2009-01-20)
• List of First Ladies of the United States (passed on 2009-01-27)
• List of FIFA World Cup finals (passed on 2009-02-18)
• Sigur Rós discography (passed on 2009-02-28)
• Rihanna discography (passed on 2009-02-28)
• Jamelia discography (passed on 2009-04-25)
• List of winners of the London Marathon (passed on 2009-06-02)

Featured pictures

• File:Burned mobile home neighborhood in California edit.jpg (passed on 2009-01-14)
• File:Peter Levy BBC.jpg (passed on 2009-01-20)

Featured sounds

• File:Barack Obama inauguration speech 2009.ogg (passed on 2009-02-01)
• File:Barack Obama Oath of Office.ogg (passed on 2009-02-01)

Featured topics

• Seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation (passed on 2008-04-26)

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What people have given me ;)

		The WikiProject Scotland Award of Excellence
		This award is given with many thanks to Matthewedwards for assistance in helping Timeline of prehistoric Scotland to become a Featured List from Ben MacDui, 4 May 2008.

		Ray of Sunshine Award
		You, User:Matthewedwards, are a Ray of Sunshine! You know how sometimes you hate checking your watchlist, especially when you see that certain someone or an IP has edited your favorite articles? The Ray of Sunshine is bestowed on that person that, when you see their name at the top of your watchlist, you know that all is right with the world, you can relax, and do something besides cleaning up another mess. I especially appreciate your helpful contributions to all Degrassi-related articles! Thanks again! - Keng - t | c - 18:27, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Thank you for helping me setting up a committed identity! NuclearWarfare contact meMy work 14:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)