My name is Eric, but usually I go by Robot Parade online now a days. The name comes from a They Might Be Giantssong, of whom I am a "superfan". I'm also an active editor of This Might Be A Wiki. You can find more info about my story with TMBG on my userpage over at TMBW.
As for my real life, I'm currently a 20 year old music education major at Northeastern State University. I plan on being an elementary music teacher once I graduate while I prepare to possibly eventually pursue graduate studies. I've been in love with music for as long as I can remember, and now it's the main passion and drive in my life.
I joined Wikipedia abouta year ago, but I consider myself still new to editing Wikipedia. However I'm very familiar with MediaWiki and its intricacies, working on various wikis (including TMBW) over the past 6 odd years.
This user believes that articles are useless without images.
I have also been enjoying contributing towards the Recent Deaths section of the main page. I've always been interested in how Wikipedia handles the passing of the many people featured in their articles. This was first sparked by me noticing the unofficial rule of changing the primary photo of famous actors and media personalities when they passed away. (Looking at you, David Lynch.) Since then I've been frequently editing pages to get them up to RD standard, adding as many citations as I can and expanding when necessary.
I guess I also edit this as well! I'm not nearly as interested in the actual ITN stuff so much as I am with RD, but I contribute when I can and point out and fix quality issues when necessary. Here is the list of things I have successfully:
This is for my own reference when reviewing/cleaning up RD nominees. These aren't hard and fast rules I stick myself too, nor do I hold others to these standards. This is just a reference board for myself in case I get lost.
Are the birth and death dates cited in the prose with proper, reliable citations? Birth/death locations included?
Is there anything else in the infobox that needs to be included in the prose?
Does the article cover the person's life as a whole (essentially from early life, through their career, until their death).
Is there any information missing from said career section that should be included?
Is there anything in the prose that is uncited? Do reliable sources exist for those statements, or should that information be deleted. Can that information be deleted?
Specifically, check sections that are often left uncited. (Filmographies, player stats, etc.)
Are the sources listed reliable? If they are unreliable, can they be replaced?
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