User:asoundd

Asoundd
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Projects/Roles

You'll find me checking AfCs, helping users at the Teahouse, and patrolling vandalism using Igloo and Twinkle. Surprisingly, I've found that Hatnote is an effective tool for detecting edits with vandalism. You can read my essay on it here.

I'm also a mass message sender. This enables me to send out messages to thousands, if not millions, of users, and I originally used it to facilitate sending monthly newsletters for WikiProjects. I now mostly use it in an administrative role (i.e. processing deliveries from the mass message senders talk page). Please send requests through talk page the instead of contacting me directly, where it will be reviewed by the other 56 mass message senders on this wiki.

Biasbot AS

I run Biasbot AS, a bot that attempts to somewhat semi-automate the enforcement of Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by using natural language processing to detect explicit and implicit bias in articles. Take a look at the bot's userpage and this guideline for a closer look.

Articles to Create/Articles of Interest to Reach GA/FA Status

I don't own these articles -- I just create and/or contribute to them. They're in no particular order, but they're all articles that I enjoy reading as much as editing, so I take my time.

Status	Item	Notes
Done	The Good Lie	Add refs, update assessment
Doing...	Flying Saucer Working Party	Add ref
Done	Jihadi John and Operation Onymous	Desc. of real identities
Done	Multipurpose tree	Gallery
Doing...	Identification with the Aggressor	Accompanying image
Not done	The Shed at Dulwich	Can't say there's more potential to an article than this one. Links to documentary and imagery needed.
Done	Homeless veterans in the United States	Better categorization needed
Not done	List of electronic music genres	Remove dead links.
Doing...	Internet censorship in Hong Kong	WP:NPOV
Doing...	Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup	Commons search
Not done	British Columbia mainland coastal forests	Rm dead links
Doing...	ALPHA experiment	Better connections to the general subject of antimatter.
Done	Cicada 3301	Further elaboration on puzzles, including drop-down boxes for examples.
Not done	Takotsubo cardiomyopathy	Clean up heading
Not done	Seán na Ráithíneach Ó Murchadha	References needed or possible WP:AfD
Doing...	Sphaenolobium	Expansion more than a mere copy, follow templates
Doing...	Tesla fire incidents	Needs a more scientific approach other than merely the documentation of events, especially in relation to quantum/solid-state chemistry and physics.
Done	LSTMs, or more specifically, Peephole convolutional LSTMs	More than a mathematical proof...
Done	Hostile architecture	Update architecture
Done	Interstate 80 in California	Basic cleanup.
Doing...	Stanford marshmallow experiment	Fix citations (1970 and 1972).
Doing...	Yamaha C40	Stub class to start class.
Doing...	Stockholm Syndrome	Look through Commons for visuals
Done	Dakkochi	Stub class
Doing...	Witness-indistinguishable proof	Stub to start
Done	Hungarian algorithm	Done w/ cleanup, added to watchlist.
Doing...	Charlottesville car attack	Cleanup (grammatical wordiness)
Doing...	Abbotsford Canucks	Creating articles for non-existing players
Doing...	Jing Ulrich	Heading/introduction must follow WP:NPOV
Doing...	People's Park (Berkeley)	Better sources for verification
Idea:	Create {{UM-WrongInfo}}	Can be simply a warning notice about posting incorrect information on user pages
On hold:	Patrol the new pages feed	Might have to wait.

Featured in Articles

Jeremy Zucker at The Observatory in Santa Ana
Statue of George Whitefield
Google Headquarters, San Jose
A restaurant at Googleplex, San Jose
Google Maps car at Googleplex

Awards

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for your determination and dedication to help the encyclopedia grow. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

Tools

Cosmos Task Force • RR Task Force • Pending AfC submissions • Pending Changes • New Pages Feed • Real time changes • Run Igloo • Upload a non-free file • Send mass messages • Welcome Templates • User scripts • Barnstars • Emoticons • Welcome users with Snuggle • Update Status

Copyvio tool

Stolen from Arcticocean's user page

Useful observations about our community

Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers means "Treat newcomers with kindness and patience". Many experienced editors use patience but omit the kindness. Wikipedia is a complex website with a steep learning curve. Someone vandalising or writing draft articles about their business is a potentially new editor entitled to the anti-biting policy's benefit. Kindness could require assuming that apparently disruptive edits are an effort to "see how this works". Even if the aggregate effect of this policy is the less efficient disposal of disruptive users, we pay this price for treating newcomers with kindness.
"I know you may have been taught it's polite to use honorifics, but that isn't necessary on the English Wikipedia. No one will think you're rude if you don't call them sir/ma'am, and doing so risks calling women 'sir'."
– Valereee (talk · contribs), 15:23, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
"Egoboo is… the pleasure received from public recognition of voluntary work."
– From our article on the term, which I discovered from Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs), 22:01, 6 February 2025 (UTC).
"When I am asked why I have volunteered my time for so long, my answer is simple: I believe in our project. I believe in our vision, that of a world in which every person has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. I believe that our work makes the world a better place every day, and as long as I believe that I will dedicate my time and energy to this project."
– L235 (talk · contribs), 03:40, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
[At the top of a retired user's talk page] "Please use the space below to tell me why you hate my redirects and templates."
– Gurch (talk · contribs), 2018
"Wikipedia would grind to a halt in hours if every editor with a mental illness went on strike."
– Tamzin (talk · contribs) at User:Tamzin/On mental health.
"[Why do I…] keep leaving or retiring, then coming back? … After not editing Wikipedia for a while, I realized that my brain has not been as sharp. Apparently, taking the time to [propose] and make corrections to various aspects of Wikipedia has been stimulating my brain quite a bit. I found that over the past month…, I just have not been as motivated or encouraged to proactively engage in thoughtful conversation or research. …[I]t seems Wikipedia has been a glue… keeping my mind intact".
– Steel1943 (talk · contribs), 2025
Wikipedians don't care if you withhold a donation, or say that you're going to do so. Assuming that they do indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of Wikipedia and its community culture. See also: Wikipedia:Not gonna donate.
The Wikipolitician is a type of senior Wikipedia volunteer, prone to describing themselves as having 'positions' on administrative matters. They'll refer to how they have "repeatedly" tried to signal something to the community. They'll refer to how they have been taking such positions "for a long time". This is inevitably a little self-indulgent, and a vast over-estimation of their true influence or power. Wikipedia is a community of volunteers. None of us are senior volunteers, but volunteers temporarily doing a specialised or senior duty. The rest of the community is not forming detailed impressions of your personal positions over time. It's difficult enough to remember your username and distinguish you from other volunteers. Discharge your decision-making duties fairly, dispassionately, and with the minimum possible fuss. Politicians are not needed on Wikipedia.