User:Paul2520/sandbox
Temporary "watchlists"[edit]
- Last checked May 16, 2024.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Vandalism[edit]
Davey "Crabsticks" Trotter via this reddit thread:
- Now listed at Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia!
[13] & Talk:Elephant's Memory § Five years of hoax name
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anonymous editor
wiki signature mockups[edit]
Places 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: [23] 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 middle of South Dakota
in the "green room" of a church basement
on a treadmill: at least [24] through [25]
inside Tabletop Simulator: [26]
at a Mehndi ceremony after getting a peacock henna tattoo: [27]
on a train, somewhere between Rotterdam and Amsterdam
highway in Belgium (I'm not driving!)
Schiphol Airport: [28] through [29]
at said band's concert; at that venue
in a carriage house [30]
Miscellany[edit]
Hist 2111-10: [35], [36], [37], [38], [39] (and full citation on talk page) -- [40] is related
this was a long time coming; this one was even longer (likewise with this and this; see also [41])
welcomed someone who had been around just a little longer than me: [42], and again and again! (actually this is my current record)
- other cake options: File:LD-Zebra-Cakes.jpg (see also User:Joe Decker/Kudos § A little snack), File:Marvel Cake.jpg
Fletcherism, via "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"
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
Books[edit]
- I'm going through User:AaronSw/Books every citizen must read.
- São Tomé and Príncipe § Literature
- authors: P. J. Tracy, Tex Geddes
- Books/series that really 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
- 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
- Portal:Speculative fiction
- Sinbad the Sailor
- Plays: Sexual Perversity in Chicago
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
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People[edit]
- read book by/about Sake Dean Mahomed
Music[edit]
Travel[edit]
- Georgia Guidestones
- Sphinx Observatory
- Mama Lee lived on a cruise ship
Other[edit]
- Toys
Interesting tidbits[edit]
- eunoia is the shortest English word with all five vowels (excluding y)
- sticky wicket is a funny phrase
- Syrniki (сырники) is the breakfast served in the opening of Anya's Ghost
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.