My approach to Wikipedia is pretty simple: if I happen to look something up and see a page that could use improving—which happens frequently—I edit it. I have a long history in English, with a BA in English with Writing Emphasis, and I was also a proofreader at one point in my life, so this is fun for me. I gravitate toward music and film pages, but sometimes I find myself editing a page on a subject that I have little to no interest in.
I don't tend to add content, unless I have something important to add and a good source to back it up. As such, most of my contributions here are of the clean-up variety: grammar, spelling, punctuation, organization, rewriting for clarity. If I find a page with errors on it, I consider it my duty to fix it. I also like taking what's already there and trying to improve it, such as placing complicated album track listings into tables for a better read. Lately, I've been enjoying adding personnel listings to album pages. I'm also working on creating a long overdue page for a ridiculous cult horror film.
I've been editing here off and on for many years now, with increasing frequency, and I find it's a continual learning process. I'm not perfect, but the more I edit, the better I get, and I am driven by the desire to at least leave every page in better condition than I found it.
—The Keymaster; March 13, 2021
Full list of contributions.
My Talk archive (since the drop-down link under "More" doesn't work).
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My approach to Wikipedia is pretty simple: if I happen to look something up and see a page that could use improving—which happens frequently—I edit it. I have a long history in English, with a BA in English with Writing Emphasis, and I was also a proofreader at one point in my life, so this is fun for me. I gravitate toward music and film pages, but sometimes I find myself editing a page on a subject that I have little to no interest in.
I don't tend to add content, unless I have something important to add and a good source to back it up. As such, most of my contributions here are of the clean-up variety: grammar, spelling, punctuation, organization, rewriting for clarity. If I find a page with errors on it, I consider it my duty to fix it. I also like taking what's already there and trying to improve it, such as placing complicated album track listings into tables for a better read. Lately, I've been enjoying adding personnel listings to album pages. I'm also working on creating a long overdue page for a ridiculous cult horror film.
I've been editing here off and on for many years now, with increasing frequency, and I find it's a continual learning process. I'm not perfect, but the more I edit, the better I get, and I am driven by the desire to at least leave every page in better condition than I found it.
—The Keymaster; March 13, 2021
An ever-growing list, and your mileage may vary, of course.
Articles to which I have made major contributions
These are articles that I worked on that I'm particularly proud of, in one way or another. Most of them are far from perfection but are in much better shape than when I found them. With many of these, I added a good amount of sourced material from my own research (sometimes even from books in my own library), which can be very time-consuming.
Articles to which I have made significant and/or extensive contributions
Again, in my opinion. This often entails a lot of clean-up, reorganizing, etc.
Film articles to which I have contributed film plots
This requires actually watching the entire film from start to finish and transcribing the plot. It's as tedious as it sounds but is an ideal undertaking for someone of my disposition. FYI, film plots should be between 400 and 700 words.
