User:PhilDaBirdMan


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I’ve been a Wikipedian since April 2024. ^{[Note 1]} I work on articles related to forts, such as the Fortifications of Alderney, as well as designing rail maps. ^{[Note 2]} The individual line maps for the Daegu Metro and Yangsan Metro I created, and I have created a few pages on the Fortifications of Alderney and Fortifications of Guernsey. I created the navbox Fortifications of the Channel Islands, which is incomplete.^{[Note 3]} Apparently I have a WikiProject Socialism Card.

I probably have Depression. This may or may not impact my editing.

Current Projects

I’m currently working on a project in the WikiProject Military History incubator, The Atlantic Wall project/group/thing.^{[Note 4]} I’m also a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Wikipedians, a small editing group. I mod Hearts of Iron IV.^{[Note 5]}

I am currently in charge of (according to the main Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals page) the Illinois portal. I run Political simulations. ^{[Note 6]}

Certifications

Permissions:

16 April 2024: Account created
21 May 2024: Autoconfirmed User
29 May 2025: Extended confirmed User
30 September 2025: 1000 edits

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Images (my uploads on commons)


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This is all of my Commons photos that I’ve uploaded, sorted by date uploaded, oldest at top. Feel free to use them in your work.

A map of the Eastern United States
Map of the Aptakisic-Tripp school district in Buffalo Grove with surrounding districts
Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament from the London Eye, July 2023
Big Ben from the London Eye, July 2023
Big Ben from the London Eye, July 2023
A double-decker bus from TFL in Piccadilly Circus, July 2023
Hungerford and Golden Jubilee Bridges from the London Eye, July 2023
Vauxhall neighborhood from the London Eye, July 2023
Waterloo Station from the London Eye, July 2023
World War I Memorial
Korean War Memorial in Springfield, Illinois, April 2025
Purple Heart memorial in the cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, April 2025
Lincoln’s home in Springfield, Illinois, April 2025
Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, April 2025
State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, April 2025
The 1 card from the 2017 NAQT MSNCT playoffs, won by Aptakisic.
The 21 card from the 2017 NAQT MSNCT general round.
The 5 card from the 2019 NAQT MSNCT playoffs.

Barnstars

	Soviet Barnstar
	For outstanding contributions to the Socialist Encyclopedia (Wikipedia) — 𝟷.𝟸𝟻𝚔𝚖 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔) 15:49, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	A award to Comrade for his fine work on Fortifications and War thunder Mobile. Eltheralmushroom (talk) 15:55, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to PhilDaBirdMan for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 21:54, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Read! It makes you smarter!

I’ve read 1984, The Communist Manifesto, Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, and The Catcher in the Rye.

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Notes

^ I may have started contributing before or after April 16, 2024, but that’s what the system recognizes.
^ I have designed multiple rail maps, but I usually just format given stations into the routemap template.
^ There are many red links, that i would like to make pages for, but I, being a resident of the Chicago suburbs and not of the Channel Islands, cannot.
^ I haven’t decided what to call it. It’s inactive.
^ I have not released any mods. I’m working on one about World War I, one about an alternate future set in 2032, one that adds content to Luxembourg, and one that’s an alternate history of World War II.
^ I run a sim on Miraheze here.

[Note01-1] I may have started contributing before or after April 16, 2024, but that’s what the system recognizes.

[Note02-2] I have designed multiple rail maps, but I usually just format given stations into the routemap template.

[Note03-3] There are many red links, that i would like to make pages for, but I, being a resident of the Chicago suburbs and not of the Channel Islands, cannot.

[Note04-4] I haven’t decided what to call it. It’s inactive.

[Note05-5] I have not released any mods. I’m working on one about World War I, one about an alternate future set in 2032, one that adds content to Luxembourg, and one that’s an alternate history of World War II.

[Note06-6] I run a sim on Miraheze here.

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1 December 2025
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