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User:Bobby Cohn

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This user helped "Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs" become a good article on September 23, 2024.
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Hey, I'm User:Bobby Cohn. If you need to get in touch with me, my preferred method of contact is on my talk page. If you came here for an inquiry about a specific article, I invite you to start a discussion on that article's talk page, and invite me to discuss on my talk page.

Click here to leave me a new message.

I try and keep an eye on my watchlist but there's a lot in there. If you're waiting for a response from me on a project page and I've been active elsewhere on Wikipedia, consider leaving a message on my talk page politely reminding me and point to the discussion. Worst case scenario, I'll drop you a {{Read}} reply.

About me

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I originally thought that I would edit in topics related to my day job. That didn't last long, and I instead found myself writing about topics that I came across that interested me. I find Wiki-crastinating to be quite enjoyable and I like the idea of contributing to a large project doing something good. I'm quite fond of the knowledge I come across while editing Wikipedia. "[I]s there any task you can't make longer by stopping to smell the trivia?"[1] I'm a member of WP:NPP and WP:WPAFC; I like contributing to new articles in a way that brings them inline to our WP:MOS that assist other editors who may be less familiar with markup or our styles and bureaucracies, but whose contributions are just as valuable. I also participate in discussions on talk pages about current events or topics in the news. I've also been seen patrolling the recent changes page for unnecessary but good faith edits or vandalism from IP address. In the future, I'd love to begin adding high quality photos to the Commons.

The community has entrusted me with some advance permissions to assist me with some of my typical tasks. The Wiki Education Program, likely quoting someone else, said with great power comes great responsibility.[2] As such, I use these tools to help out in other areas of the project I'm not involved in. My editing philosophy says:

  1. We're here to build an encyclopedia.
  2. In pursuit of such goal, your main priorities are:
    1. Writing,
    2. Aiding good or salvageable work by others so that their writing may be kept.
  3. Do your work in such a way that it creates as little work that requires the attention or intervention of others.
  4. Use skills and tools that you have at your disposal to aid in:
    1. Preserving or improving writings by other editors,
    2. Closing and cleaning up some of the bureaucracy necessary in a large-scale collaborative project that is Wikipedia.[3]
  5. Be nice while doing the above. If you find yourself struggling to be nice, consider walking away.

I think biting the newbies is one of the worst things we can do as a project; we should assist future long-term editors for the benefit of the project. I'm a big believer in the assume good faith policy. I also think that vandals are obviously not here to improve the project and should be smitten [wikt] down on sight.

Ongoing work

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Editing can be a tireless and thankless job. Sometimes I'll edit for the fun of it. Sometimes I'll really put my mind to a topic, and want to see an article flourish. If I list an article here, it's most likely because I'd like to come back to it and continue to improve it.

Some articles I currently have in my /sandbox

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Articles I'd like to expand or bring into GA standing:

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Discussions that I've taken part in and am keeping an eye on:

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Other work

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Did you know ...

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Previous articles

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I've previously written articles on a variety of topics. I have written some articles from scratch and I have greatly improved and expanded others from a previous state. I also take pride in guiding new editors that have created their first Articles for Creation draft and adapting their work and preparing it for the mainspace, if I think the work shows promise or the subject is particularly notable. I've done that in a few instances shown here.

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I look for these regularly. It's helpful for me to have a quick link here when guiding new editors to them. If you also find them useful, then that's awesome.

References

  1. ^ Warshaw, Howard Scott (December 14, 2020). Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry. Scott West Productions. p. 196. ISBN 978-0986218668.
  2. ^ "Editing Wikipedia articles on psychology" (Document). Wiki Education Foundation. August 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Inevitably, your editing will run into situations where you will require the assistance of others with more skills and knowledge or permissions that you possess. By helping others, this is a way to pay forward the help you receive.
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