The Barnstar of Good Humor
	I really like your positive and uplifting vibe at places like the Help Desk or the Village Pump. It makes my mood better, and I assume it's the same for other editors. Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! TheWikiToby (talk) 20:55, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

I will always treasure this barnstar — not just because it's my first but also because it's very touching. To me, the Wiki tradition of giving barnstars is a symbol of the joy we find in sharing construction of the world's largest encyclopedia. Despite occasional outbursts arising from our differing individual insights, the Wiki mission helps keep us at a higher level on life's humbling learning curve. The warm glow of having been awarded this barnstar made me aware that it was time for me to begin doing the same. Barnstars are a delightful way to recognize and encourage the amazing gifts and contributions I keep finding among Wikipedia editors. And much more picturesque than a simple thank-you!

Userboxes This user thinks you can learn a lot by editing an encyclopedia. This user pledges to return to Old-fashioned Wikipedian values. This user is a member of the Guild of Copy Editors. This user participates in WikiProject District of Columbia. This editor has been thanked by these Wikipedians.

* This user was born and raised in Washington, DC, thus refuting the common belief that DC has no natives.

* This user has an EdD in Instructional Design; an MA in Sociology; and a BA in History. She focuses on using her final degree to foster learning and life skills.

* This user is a lover of animals and nature, trains and boats, recycling and repurposing, and environmental stewardship.

* This user is also a lover of folk songs, camp songs, and spiritual music. Plus campfires. Oh, and also good puns.

* But she tries to keep a balanced detachment from the little delights of this world, aware as she is of a higher plane on which we’re invited to live. (Even though coffee is a hard one!)

* This user also has an alternate account, PeakeChes, that she set up for occasional use and will offer her sister to take over if and when she decides to become a Wikipedia editor.

MY ORIGINAL WRITE-UP AS A NEW EDITOR

Hello, Wiki world. I'm a transplanted American on the other side of the globe.

How I got my "Wiki handle" ... around the same time I came on board with Wikipedia, I'd been looking at Iceland Air's website a lot to get some flight information, and I found so cute what the airline kept flashing on the screen in the few seconds between my request for a flight departure and its arrival time: "Augnablik: that means just a second in Icelandic, literally 'blink of an eye.'" That's my only connection to Iceland, if you can call it that!

My Uploaded Images

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=augnablik&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image

Mike T's Useful Links

• Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) to check if a webpage has been archived or to archive one.
• Wikipedia custom Google search engine: put the search term in the box.
• User:Headbomb/unreliable for documentation on unreliable sources script.
• WP:Citation expander gadget as a timesaver in creating accurate citations, especially for scientific references with a digital object identifier.
• Alternative to citation expander is citer.toolforge which can take a wider range of inputs.
• This link gives fascinating statistics about the global use of Wikipedia.
• .... and this link gives visualisations regarding all sorts of Wikipedia-related material.
• WP:Records is a page with current records of all sorts relating to the encyclopaedia.
• To find contributions that appear missing for an editor using an IPv6 address: add /64 to the end of the URL. For example Special:Contributions/2601:5C0:C380:4980:BD25:9843:27D3:B53C/64

. In terms of major changes to the project, Temporary accounts were introduced around the start of November, and the plague of low-quality AI drafts has become an epidemic. There are a couple of new AI-related policies at WP:NEWLLM (just updated with a broader scope today following an RfC) and WP:LLMTRANSLATE which are worth reading as a lot of new editors seem oblivious to the problems posed by AI. The new WP:AI-INDEX should have all of the relevant policies, guidelines, and noticeboards to help you get up to speed on these issues.

Also WP:SHORTCUTS.

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WIKIPEDIA TESTING:

While there are no mandatory exams to retain your editing privileges, you can test your knowledge through these resources:

• Category:Wikipedia Quizzes: The official English Wikipedia hosts a variety of self-scoring quizzes designed to test comprehension in areas such as finding reliable sources, formatting, and applying copyright guidelines. [1]
• WikiQuizzes on Wikiversity: A community-driven learning hub that offers intermediate to advanced multiple-choice questions focusing on tricky policy edge-cases, community consensus, and content assessment.

Longest streaks 5 days or more
https://streaks.toolforge.org/lookup?username=augnablik&domain=en.wikipedia.org