User:Bobby Cohn
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Hey, I'm User:Bobby Cohn. If you need to get in touch with me, my preferred method of contact is on my talk page. If you came here for an inquiry about a specific article, I invite you to start a discussion on that article's talk page, and invite me to discuss on my talk page.
I try and keep an eye on my watchlist but there's a lot in there. If you're waiting for a response from me on a project page and I've been active elsewhere on Wikipedia, consider leaving a message on my talk page politely reminding me and point to the discussion. Worst case scenario, I'll drop you a {{Read}} reply.
About me
[edit]I enjoy editing pages on a broad range of microbiology topics, contributing to topics that interest me while I'm Wiki-crastinating, and participating in discussions on talk pages about current events or topics in the news. I'm quite fond of the knowledge I come across while editing Wikipedia. "[I]s there any task you can't make longer by stopping to smell the trivia?"[1] I've also been seen patrolling the recent changes page for unnecessary but good faith edits or vandalism from IP address. I also like adding infoboxes to pages hot-off-the-presses from Articles for creation and New pages patrol. In the future, I'd love to begin adding high quality photos to the Commons.
I think biting the newbies is one of the worst things we can do as a project; we should assist future long-term editors for the benefit of the project. I'm a big believer in the assume good faith policy. I also think that vandals are obviously not here to improve the project and should be smitten [wikt] down on sight.
Ongoing work
[edit]“ | As a Wikipedia editor, I understand that my goal is the destruction of my purpose. | ” |
— Vami IV |
Editing can be a tireless and thankless job. Sometimes I'll edit for the fun of it. Sometimes I'll really put my mind to a topic, and want to see an article flourish. If I list an article here, it's most likely because I'd like to come back to it and continue to improve it.
Some articles I am working on in the draft space
[edit]Articles I'd like to expand or bring into GA standing:
[edit]- Bon Echo Provincial Park
- Bois Blanc Island (Ontario)
- Nitrification
- Sterilization (microbiology)
- Paul Rand
Discussions that I've taken part in and am keeping an eye on:
[edit]Other work
[edit]Did you know ...
[edit]- ... that when delivering his speech "The boys of Pointe du Hoc" on the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Ronald Reagan addressed 62 veteran service members present on D-Day? (6 August 2024)
- ... that Manhood was Josh Hawley's second book to be published by Regnery, after he was dropped by Simon & Schuster for his support of attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election? (7 November 2024)
Previous articles
[edit]I've previously written articles on a variety of topics. I have written some articles from scratch and I have greatly improved and expanded others from a previous state. I also take pride in guiding new editors that have created their first Articles for Creation draft and adapting their work and preparing it for the mainspace, if I think the work shows promise or the subject is particularly notable. I've done that in a few instances shown here.
- Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs
- The boys of Pointe du Hoc
- Nitrification
- Parental rights movement
- Elvis Presley single
- Fishes (The Bear)
- Geo Barents
- She (pronoun)
- The Bear (The Bear)
- 2023 Calgary E. coli outbreak
- .zip (top-level domain)
- DESeq2
- John Stull (scientist)
- John J. Fisher Jr.
- Avena insularis
- Aegilops sharonensis
- George Clyde Hale
- Anirban Chakraborti
- Anne Hallward
Useful links
[edit]I look for these regularly. It's helpful for me to have a quick link here when guiding new editors to them. If you also find them useful, then that's awesome.
References
- ^ Warshaw, Howard Scott (December 14, 2020). Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry. Scott West Productions. p. 196. ISBN 978-0986218668.
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- Wikipedia Articles for Creation reviewers
- WikiProject Microbiology participants
- WikiProject Soil participants
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