User:Phoenixrod
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I finally registered on Wikipedia in February of 2006. Previously, I had made minor changes to articles; we will see if I undertake more ambitious projects. Feel free to drop me a line (politely, I hope!) on my talk page.
As far as I can tell by the welcome messages, I registered a mere nine minutes before Wikipedia's one millionth user. So close to fame....
I have found that people like to ask about my user name. No, I'm not Harry Potter. And no, I don't live in Arizona. The answer is much more mundane: Back in the '90s, I liked to play a computer game called Heretic, and I rather liked the weapon called the Phoenix Rod. Something about lighting enemies aflame brought out the vicarious pyro in me, I guess.
About me: I am an American graduate student studying British literature, and I am an avid baseball fan. Many of my edits fall in these broad areas, although lately I've flirted with the random article button and with simply reading Wikipedia, letting randomness (or its appearance) lead me where it will. So far, Randomness has been a disinctly un-fickle mistress. And I apologize for making up such a boring word; there must be something better than un-fickle.
I am taking a semi-serious break from Wikipedia, or so I tell myself when I'm not drawn to the site every five minutes. I am not sure when or how often I will be back, but I simply do not have the time to spend on the project that my perfectionist nature demands. My studies cannot afford me the time to participate in full discussion of articles, so I will try to keep my edits to a minimum and largely of the minor variety, at least whilst school is in session. Meh.
For my own use:
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[edit] Yay!
I seem to have finally figured out how to do references, through trial and error and a little help from WP:CITE and WP:FOOT: [1]!
[edit] Interesting arguments
User:Hillman has some interesting arguments to which I'd like to give sufficient thought.
Well, I can't find them any longer. That's what happens when I spend too much time away from WP.
[edit] Edit count
My edit count can be found here. On second glance, the information does not seem to get updated. I'm positive I have more edits that that. Anyone know where I can go to find out?
Aha! Here is a newer number [2].
And since that counter doesn't currently work, here's another that does for now.
To break down Wikipedia page history statistics: [3].
[edit] User contributions
Contribs link: Phoenixrod.
[edit] New users
To find new users, since I seem to welcome them more than many editors do.
[edit] Test templates
These can be found here.
[edit] Funny edits
Here's an amusing bit of vandalism: [4].
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