User:56independent

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 3 years, 8 months and 17 days.

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This user is a translator from Spanish to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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-5This user can contribute at a professional level of British English.

es-2Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.

ca-1Aquest usuari pot contribuir amb un nivell bàsic de català.

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UKThis user uses British English.

56independent is a Wikipedia user, who enjoys making Wikipedia a better place for all.

I wish to help Wikipedia when I can, like when I find a sentence that does, not flow correctly, I find vandalism ^{Skool sucks!}, find a page with a missing link, see sloppey speling, or notice alarming amounts of naughty, evil bias, the worst thing in the world.

I own my own server, and use it to host many things. due to this, I have more experience with DokuWiki syntax. I may make simple errors here. sorry! i was raised with namespaces/directories and not categories, // instead of whatever '' is.

I took part in the Wikipedia project because it is huge. I do, however, find that some aspects are disorienting. One such example is the sheer size and amount of recent edits per minute. There are upwards of 1 articles, and for me to be a volunteer in the upkeep of this vast library is amazing.

Because i have ADHD and Autism, these two things contribute to my life being an organised mess. I'll do one thing and then get distracted doing other things. Also, i might dive into wikipedia and edit it for days at a time before launching away.

Sé solo poco Español, pero yo estudiar el idioma y quiero hablar más bueno. Ahora, no hablo Catalan, pero (o però :p) quiero estudiar Catalan porque vivo en Cataluña y la idioma es muy importante para vivir aquí.

Current Projects

Below are my current projects:

• Figuring out how to extend Wikipedia articles
• Citing and proofreading
• Vandalism removal
• Translation of Spanish pages into English using the tool from the toolbox below

As a 16-year-old, I feel it would be prudent to make money. Since I am living in Spain and absorbing the language at an ever-increasing rate, I have decided to select translation. Because I have basically no experience apart from one tiny translation (COI: I love Advtrains and would love to write a wiki page about it, but first I have to convince newspapers to write about it), I have decided I will begin to take up Wikipedia translation to gain experience on the subject. Expect to see short, stubby English articles for Spanish things being extended.

Note: This should not be a COI violation as I am not directly being paid for extending Wikipedia articles, only indirectly through having a portfolio and experience. The entire goal of this is to improve my translation skills and experience and write "Expanded >50 English encyclopaedia articles from Spanish encyclopaedia articles through a remote editing interface" on my CV.

Eventually, i would like to branch out to extending Catalan and Spanish Wikipedia from English as i slowly approach C1 level. Other edits, such as vandalism control or grammar checking can contribute to my CV as well.

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General

This user used to live on Earth, but didn't like it much, so they left. This user is a Ragdoll Owner. This user likes cats. This user's favorite color is green. This user's favorite subject is computing. RTFMThis user believes that you should RTFM before asking questions. This user often makes mistakes while typing, and would like to take this oppurtunity to aoplogiae. This user contributes with GNOME. This user uses Inkscape extensively. This user's IRC nick is independent56 on Libera Chat. This user can't stand a long time without being connected to Internet. This user uses ProtonMail to check their mail. This user rejects the use of violence, force, or coercion to resolve regional disputes. he theyThis user's pronouns are he/him and they/them. This editor is a WikiGnome. TheySome people are 'they'. Get over it!

Location
This user is a citizen of the United Kingdom. This user has lived in the United Kingdom. This user has friends in the United Kingdom. This user lives in Spain. This user lives in Catalonia.

Language

’sThis user realises that plural nouns should not have an apostrophe while possessive words should! , This user supports the use of the Oxford comma. ,This user's favorite punctuation is commas, guys, not exclamation points or whatever. abcThs usre haz verry goode spelng. OEDThis user uses Oxford spelling. whoThis user prefers using who for both the object and subject case. Who does it hurt to simplify things? couldn't'veThis user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word. y'allThis user thinks y'all serves a useful purpose as a second-person plural pronoun, and would like to see y'all use it more often. theyThis user frequently uses singular they as it is a handy gender-neutral pronoun.

Language Proficency
Wikipedia:Babel en-GB -5This user can contribute at a professional level of British English. es-2Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español. ca-1Aquest usuari pot contribuir amb un nivell bàsic de català. Search user languages UKThis user uses British English.

Flag which is the Catalan AND Spanish flag together with a different number of stripes.

Menu

• Guestbook - As a underground informal place behind Wikipedia.
• Personal Sandbox - A place for me alone to vandalise beyond belief

Drafts Index

Name	Category	Desription
WikiToken	Humor	Goes into detail about WikiTokens, part of wikifauna.
Double Negation	Humor	Goes into why you should never not use no double negatives

Translation Project Pages

I am learning Spanish and would like to put it to use. My aim is a few sections per day.

Here are some pages i made:

Translated Pages

Status	Link	Work Needed	Pay based on €0.05 per word of target language
Finished	ABC Colour	Final Verification	€35
AD	Sant Romà de Sau	Final verification before publication	€41
AD	Independence of Cuenca	Wikisyntax fixing before publication	€25.40
WIP	A Coruña	Translation

Languages

Babel boxes off to the side here do not talk about CEFR ratings or history. Let's now, in chronological order.

Language	CEFR rating	Status	Reasons
English	A1	Native speaker	Born and raised in the Wales
Russian	A2	Can speak with family, cannot write with good spelling, romanized or cyrillic	Mother's side of family are from the USSR
Welsh	0	Forgotten, wishes to relearn	Forced to learn it in Welsh school, but forgot it in a stupid act of childish rebellion
Spanish	B1	Learning	Moved to Catalonia and decided to learn the lingua franca of the whole country, and focus on the second biggest language of the country later
Catalan	0	A dream	I wish to learn it but am waiting for my Spanish to get good enough that i won't confuse the two languages.

Adding Wikipedia to your CV

Don't just say "i volunterred fur wikipedia pls hire me", be creative! Why not try one of these carefully-selected examples?

• "Worked for x period on improving encyclopedia articles as an unpaid contributor, gaining experience in technical writing, citations, and markup syntax"
• "Spent x period volunteering to various encyclopedic articles, using technical writing, citation, and markup syntax skills"
• "Placed y amount of edits to various articles in the world's biggest online encyclopedia, using technical writing and research skills to help improve volunteer reliability"

And if you get a barnstar, you can also do this:

• "Has achieved rewards for volunteering to the world's biggest encyclopedic project"
• "Achieved acclaim for value of my copyedits on a large encyclopedia, including citating, writing in formal tone, and using markup syntax.

Toolbox

This section is where i keep templates, external links, and pages.

Steve's Toolbox

Thing	Category	Usecase
{{subst:db-spam-notice|PageName}}	Template	For pages in need of deletion
New Pages	Special Page	For getting the new pages barnstar
"All pages on wikipedia are public property, and as such, i assume ownership of every unprotected page."	Quote	Joke for talk pages
Warning Templates	Template Page	For Warning vandals
Wikipedia:Citing sources	Help Page	When copyediting gets boring and i begin citing
{{Clarify}}, {{Explain}}, {{Confusing}}, {{Examples}}, {{Why}} or {{Non sequitur}}	Templates	Alternatives to {{citation needed}}
Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol	Help Pag	Help with the expanding and bleeding edge of wikipedia
http://doublecheck.wikiloop.org/	Recent Change Patrol	To attack vandals where it hurts the most
STOP	Emergency Stop Button for Wikipedia	Destroys Wikipedia. DO NOT PRESS.
Wikipedia:Backlog	Backlogs	To help destroy problems.
{{Expand Spanish|title|time}}	Template	Template to help expand pages using someone else's work
Articles quien quieres un más grande version en Inglés	Category	To allow the selection of articles to translate
Translation Software	CAT Software	Used to help translate Wikipedia pages
Category:Wikipedia_translation_templates	Category	Translation templates for translated pages