User:Cullen328

If you have any interest in editing Wikipedia by smartphone, I encourage you to read my essay, Smartphone editing. Thank you.

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The Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) is a rare and endangered species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is endemic to the southern Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where it resides in several types of forest, including degraded areas, as well as plantations. With a length of around 14 centimetres (5.5 inches), breeding males are olive brown, with a red head, breast and rump patch, and black lores. Females, non-breeding males and juveniles are olive brown with white wing bars and a brown bill. The bird feeds on insects such as grasshoppers, beetle larvae, caterpillars, and also spiders. Berries are eaten regularly by some individuals, and it feeds on nectar regularly, using its specialised brush-tipped tongue. This male Mauritius fody was photographed on the Île aux Aigrettes, an island off Mauritius's south-eastern coast.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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Welcome New Editors! Please feel free to ask any questions on my talk page

Wikipedia can be a tricky place for beginners. I am happy to be of assistance. You may also find Wikipedia:A Primer for newcomers to be a useful introduction to editing. Another great place to get help with editing is the Teahouse, where I am an active host.

Call me Cullen, or call me Jim

My real name is Jim Heaphy. I have been contributing to Wikipedia since June 28, 2009. I became an administrator on July 23, 2017. I am committed to the principles of Wikipedia, including the neutral point of view, and try to improve articles in areas where I have some expertise or interest. I always appreciate constructive criticism.

As a child, I spent many pleasurable hours browsing the World Book Encyclopedia but never imagined back then that I would be an encyclopedia editor myself one day. Despite its problems in some areas, I truly think that Wikipedia is the greatest thing since sliced bread, and am proud to make my own small contributions to this worthy project.

I was born and raised in the Detroit, Michigan area and will always consider Detroit my home town. However, I have spent over 2/3 of my life in California, and am now thoroughly a Californian.

I worked myself through college slowly. I attended City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University. I graduated from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. My major was Human Relations and Organizational Behavior.

I now live in Grass Valley, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. I am 72 years old, and am a married male with two adult sons. I have been self employed as a small business owner in the construction industry for over 31 years, and have been an occasional freelance writer and public speaker for decades. I am now semi-retired and do paying work only an hour or two a day.

My interests

I have a lot of interests, among which are American history, Abraham Lincoln, California, the history of mountaineering, the Sierra Nevada, Mount Shasta, the Arts and Crafts movement, Native American artists, San Francisco, wine, cooking, plein air landscape painting, photography, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, antique and classic cars, the history of Michigan, Alaska and Judaism. I am fascinated with American politics but try to keep it a small part of my editing. I am a book lover, and enjoy fact checking and adding useful references to existing articles, as well as writing new articles on notable subjects that interest me. Please let me know if signs of bias creep into anything I write.

I strive to be fair in my editing and broad about the kind of articles I work on. I am a Democrat, but wrote an article I'm very proud of about a Republican I admired, Norman Livermore. I am a Jew, but wrote an article about a Hindu religious festival, Kalpataru Day and a Russian Orthodox church, Holy Virgin Cathedral. I am an American, but have expanded articles about people from all over the world.

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest

When editing on Wikipedia, I always strive to make improving the encyclopedia my highest priority. I edit most often in areas I care about, but I also edit in areas I've learned about and become interested in through Wikipedia, especially in Articles for Deletion (AfD) debates.

I have been a member of the Sierra Club since 1976, and many of my early contributions to Wikipedia have to do with notable people and places associated with the Sierra Club and the mountains of California in some way. I am disclosing my club membership, but also want to state that I am not now nor have ever been an officer or employee of the club, and my contributions are my own, and not coordinated with anyone else. Over the years, I have become a generalist editor, and no longer focus in that specific area, although I still care very much about those topics.

I am self-employed in the construction industry, and provide a very specialized service on a freelance basis. I am partially retired but still enjoy working. My small business specializes in repair and maintenance of Solid surface and Granite countertops. I've done relatively little editing in these areas, with the exception of one related article I wrote, Oxide jacking. I discussed this article with other experienced editors, to be sure that I was on the right track.

I will always disclose and freely discuss any potential conflict of interest. I pledge that adherence to Wikipedia's Five Pillars and all applicable Wikipedia policies and guidelines will always come first for me as an editor.

I do some training and consulting about editing off-Wikipedia, but do not engage in any paid editing on Wikipedia.

User:ChesPal and User:AmCanDave

My wife edits Wikipedia under the username ChesPal, though she isn't as active as I am. She had an idea for her first article, she and I worked on it together, and developed it at the San Francisco WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon. The article is Amish dolls. She has also written a second article, Shawnee Pottery, and has done a great job expanding existing articles William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park and Lion Brand, with a bit of assistance from me.

My son David has begun editing Wikipedia, under the account AmCanDave. He has made some edits to Arlen Ness, with my assistance and guidance, as he has learning disabilities. He would like to do more editing, based on his own research and interests. I will assist him with Wiki markup, but his contributions are his own.

Antidote to drama

I like this perceptive essay on problematic Wikipedia editors, Observations on Wikipedia behavior, and recommend it to anyone who is interested.

Categories I've Created

Contributions to Featured articles

Sunbeam Tiger, Today's featured article for June 21, 2013, a photo, a very small contribution, but I am pleased to have made that contribution.
Walt Disney, Today's featured article for December 5, 2016 includes two photos I took.
Canadian drug charges and trial of Jimi Hendrix, Today's featured article for December 13, 2015, includes contributions to content which I'm proud of, although GabeMc deserves most of the credit for bringing this to Featured article status. I am just happy to have been part of the process.

Major contributions to Good articles

I have also done significant copy editing at Hotel Polen fire. Although I did little direct editing, I provided recommendations on the talk page, and ongoing advice to the most active editor at Gun show loophole.

I am proud of these articles, appreciate the input of other editors, and also, I invite any editor to pitch in and help improve any of these articles.

Articles I've written (I don't own them, I just started them)

Collaborations with other editors

Articles I've expanded, revised and/or added photos to

Found at Articles for Deletion, and helped to keep by improving

My record in Articles for Deletion debates

As of June 10, 2013, I have participated in 1528 Articles for deletion debates. I used SW's AfD Statistics Tool to analyze my participation in the 250 most recent deletion debates as of that date. Of the debates where there was a clear consensus, I was with the consensus 88.5% of the time. I recommended "Keep" 44.4% of the time, "Delete" 46.6% of the time, "Merge" 0.4% of the time and "Redirect" 8.5% of the time. I make a sincere effort to reflect Wikipedia's policies, guidelines and established consensus in my participation in Articles for Deletion debates.

My redlinks

Possible future article ideas. Feel free to discuss on my talk page, or write one yourself.

My DYKs

You can see them here.

My Barnstars, Badges and Awards

You can see some of them here. Others can be found in my archives.

News media coverage of my Wikipedia editing

Huffman, Jennifer, American Canyon man moonlights as Wikipedia editor; Increasing Knowledge, One Article at a Time, Napa Valley Register, March 2, 2014
Raskin-Zrihen, Rachel, American Canyon man researches, edits Wikipedia, Vallejo Times-Herald, July 7, 2014
Fu, Alison, Wikipedia enthusiasts convene at Berkeley edit-a-thon, Daily Californian, September 23, 2013
Young, Nora, The unsung heroes protecting Wikipedia from disgruntled Bachelor fans, Spark, March 18, 2018

Video of my presentation about the Teahouse

You can watch a YouTube video of my December 21, 2016 presentation at the Wikimedia Foundation office in San Francisco. I also gave this presentation at WikiConference North America in San Diego in October, 2016. I analyzed one month of conversations at the Teahouse.