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Dr vulpes
— Wikipedian  —
PronounsHe/Him
Country United States of America
Current locationCalifornia
Time zonePacific Time Zone
Current timeCurrent time for UTC-8 is 10:43
Account statistics
JoinedMay 7, 2017
First edit2003
AutoconfirmedFebruary 16, 2019
Extended confirmedMay 20, 2022
New page reviewerJune 27, 2022
Pending changes reviewerJune 15, 2022
RollbackerApril 9, 2023
AdministratorNovember 4, 2024
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This user operates a bot, VulpesBot (talk · contribs · logs).
This user has been a major contributor to 4 articles featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.
This user successfully nominated 2 articles by others that featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.
This user has helped promote 1 good article on Wikipedia.
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AfC History AfD history
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What I do

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Editing Areas of Interest

  • Ham Radio
    • I've added a few articles about radios and DXpeditions but want to add more.
  • Pacific Islands
    • As an extension of my radio hobby I'm a little obsessed with islands.
  • Statistics
    • In graduate school I did a lot of statistics and really enjoy it.
  • California
    • I will always have a soft spot for articles about my home.


Article Work and Contributions

Goals

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  • Bring Clipperton Island to Featured Article Status
  • Bring UC Merced up to Good Article Status
  • Bring another article up to Good Article Status
  • Learn Javascript so I can finally be helpful around here
  • Attend an in-person event one day



Barnstars

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(Barnstars etc. copied from my talk page)

  The Resilient Barnstar Of all the editors I’ve come across recently, you’re probably the most candid one that I’ve seen in a while. It’s difficult to admit your own mistakes, but I’m glad that you’re transparent of your own shortcomings. Cheers to you! CollectiveSolidarity (talk) 20:55, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

  The Citation Barnstar For your expansion of List of most-followed Twitch channels with citations. Ss112 21:41, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

  The Citation Barnstar Thanks for making List of most-followed Twitch channels go from 2 sources to dozens! 123957a (talk) 23:38, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

  The DYK Barnstar Thanks for all the hard work in getting Clipperon Island first to GA status and now featured in DYK! —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 01:50, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

  The Original Barnstar Well done for your work on Clipperton Island Case! And thank your kind comment and review! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 04:12, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

  The Barnstar of Diligence For doing the work to send barnstars to all NPP patrollers. It's a great motivation for me, thank you very much! ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 07:24, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

  The Barnstar of Diligence Speedy Endorse For a barnstar. Thank you for being such a fast responder to new page creations ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Cooldudeseven7 join in on the tea talk 17:37, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

New Page Patrol

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  The Content Review Medal of Merit This award is given to Dr vulpes for accumulating the most points in the July NPP backlog reduction drive. Your contributions played a part in the 9895 reviews that took place during the drive.Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:46, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

  The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia This award is given to Dr vulpes for 879 reviews and 92 re-reviews in the July NPP backlog reduction drive. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:46, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

  The Teamwork Barnstar Awarded to Dr vulpes for re-reviewing 92 articles, a very impressive feat. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:19, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

  Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar This award is given to Dr vulpes for collecting more than 200 points doing reviews and re-reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:47, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

  Planetary gear Award This award is given to Dr vulpes for collecting more than 100 points per week doing reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:47, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

  Team Barnstar This award is given to Dr vulpes for doing more than 25 re-reviews, in the October NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:47, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

  Redirect Ninja Award For over 2,000 redirect reviews during 2022. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:51, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

  The New Page Reviewer's Bronze Award For over 1,000 article reviews during 2022. Well done! Keep up the good work! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:51, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

  Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar This award is given to Dr vulpes for collecting more than 800 points doing redirect reviews, in the May 2023 NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 16:27, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

  Rack and pinion Award This award is given to Dr vulpes for collecting more than 60 points per week doing reviews, in the May 2023 NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your contributions Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 16:27, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

  The New Page Patroller's Barnstar For over 100 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

  The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia his award is given in recognition to Dr vulpes for accumulating at least 500 points during the September 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 19,000+ articles and 35,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 26,884.6 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:16, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

  Unnecessarily complicated Gears Award This award is given in recognition to Dr vulpes for accumulating at least 150 points during each week of the September 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 19,000+ articles and 35,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 26,884.6 points) during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:37, 7 October 2024 (UTC)


Guild of Copy Editors

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  The Minor Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to Dr vulpes for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2022 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 19:33, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

  The Minor Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to Dr vulpes for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE October 2022 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 20:23, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

  The Cleanup Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to Dr vulpes for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 14:53, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

  Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Articles, 3rd Place This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Dr vulpes for copyediting 17 articles during the GOCE May 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 14:53, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

  The Minor Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to Dr vulpes for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 06:06, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Vital Articles

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  Vital Barnstar For your one-shot edit at Inorganic chemistry. You're truly a referencing madlad. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 10:06, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Barnstars I've given to others

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Golan1911
  The Barnstar of Diligence
Hey great catch on the Childhood obesity article! I read the article that claimed SES had an effect on obesity and you were 100% correct, the article doesn't use it as a variable and only mentions it in the very end as a future direction. Good work and thank you for making Wikipedia a better place! Dr vulpes (Talk) 04:53, 26 August 2024 (UTC)


Ykhwong

  The Original Barnstar
I've seen all the acronym articles you've worked on and know they bring real value here. Thank you for everything and for all your hard work. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 08:07, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


Shushugah

  The Barnstar of Good Humor!
I don't know why I was looking up your recent contributions but I'm really glad I did. Your edit summary "McUnion was my first article title idea but that wouldn't fry 🍟" in the McDonald's and unions article was unexpected and pure gold. Thanks for making me laugh and for showing me that you can add emojis to edit summaries. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 06:33, 13 June 2023 (UTC)


  The Barnstar of Good Humor
Your joke at the De Mirage AfD was great 10/10. I always love to see that kind of humor around here. Thanks for keeping this place fun. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 05:39, 13 May 2023 (UTC)


Yuchitown

  The Original Barnstar
Thank you for all the work you did on Crow Village Sam, I was really bummed that I couldn't find resources to save it at AfD but I just saw how much work you and others put into saving it and it made me really happy. Your works is important and I look forward to seeing more of it here. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 21:46, 5 May 2023 (UTC)


Moncrief

  The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
I wanted to recognize you for how you stepped up and helped contain the slow growing mess that was starting to take shape over at the Shooting of Ralph Yarl article. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 08:55, 18 April 2023 (UTC)


Dusteg

  The Original Barnstar
Your article Dust astronomy was a real treat to review. The work you're putting out is great and I hope to see more of you around here. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 04:55, 17 April 2023 (UTC)


Tcr25

  The Copyeditor's Barnstar
Thank you for all the work you've been putting into the Clipperton Island article. I spent a lot of time expanding it and was kind of dreading going back over and copyediting it. You've done some really good work and I appreciate it. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 23:38, 5 April 2023 (UTC)


Partofthemachine

  Short Description Barnstar
I know we didn't see eye to eye with the Indigenous science article a couple months back. But after reviewing your edits I got really interested in the short description wikiproject. It has been so much fun! Thanks for introducing this to me and for all the work you put into Wikipedia. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 08:53, 8 October 2022 (UTC)


Red-tailed hawk

  The da Vinci Barnstar
Your NCORP table generator is amazing. When I see it come up in AfD I know that real work has gone into that nomination. Just wanted to recognize you and your work that you do here. I look forward to using it in the future! Dr vulpes (💬📝) 08:49, 8 October 2022 (UTC)


Penitentes

  The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar

A new editor on the right path
I just reviewed your article on Tulainyo Lake and it was GREAT. I learned a lot from it and discovered there are people willing to hike up to places like that with scuba gear. Here I was thinking hiking with ham radio gear was nuts! I have a soft spot for the Sierra backcountry, as a Boy Scout I really enjoyed my time backpacking so these articles always make my day and when they're well written it's even better. I hope you write more articles and if you need help or run into problems please reach out on my talk page. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 21:12, 26 August 2022 (UTC)


Magnolia677

  The Copyeditor's Barnstar
I am a native English speaker, I'm finishing my PhD, I think I'm smart. I am not. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for pointing out my mistake with State vs state. I want to recognize your professionalism and kindness in the face of my ~2000 edits worth of errors. Wikipedia is better because of people like you and again, thank you. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 07:07, 21 August 2022 (UTC)


Shushugah

  The Barnstar of Diligence
I just wanted to let you know that I've seen all the work you do around here. It has not gone unnoticed. For what it's worth you'll have my support again in your next RfA. Thank you for all you do around here and all the work you put in. Dr vulpes (💬📝) 08:32, 18 August 2022 (UTC)


Rwiggum

  The Civility Barnstar
Uggg my mistake on the Kicker (EP) article, I went through all the interviews on Billboard and FINALLY found one that talked about Kicker making it to number 10 on the Billboard Vinyl chart which was all it really needed. The Indie chart that's listed on the bands discography is behind a paywall. Thanks for being chill and responsive, I almost made a really stupid mistake to an important article. You were super cool and professional which I really appreciate. Thanks again! Dr vulpes (💬📝) 01:54, 7 July 2022 (UTC)