Hi there, I'm theleekycauldron! I also go by leek, leeky, and claudia. I do some writing and editing around here – it's pretty fun, in addition to being an enormous privilege. I also try to make myself useful around the backrooms of the project, usually at Wikipedia:Did you know, sometimes with some fancy-looking extra buttons I've been given access to. They're really not all that scary, and I hope I'm not either – in fact, I bet you're pretty cool! Come hang around and talk to me if you'd like, maybe there's something I can do for you :) if you want some dense information about what exactly I do around here and why, keep reading – if you find that terribly dull, maybe instead you can spend that time finishing up that project that's been sitting on your to-do list for eons. You know which one I'm talking about. Go do it! Or stay here! I'll probably never know either way! Happy editing :)

For a list of potential good and featured content, see User:Theleekycauldron/Requested good and featured content. Some still-notable, but probably not FAable, content is also up for grabs below:

I spend lots of time volunteering at Did you know, a section of the Main Page that airs fun and intriguing facts from new and improved articles. I nominate my articles to appear at DYK virtually every chance I get, but I spend much more time assembling and scheduling DYK sets (known in the biz as "prep building"), and as an administrator, I also stamp sets that others have built so that they can go on the Main Page (we need more of these!).

This is a random selection of my silliest hooks :P

• ... that "the Hurricane Shark is real"?
• ... that John Oliver was sued for defamation after a man in a squirrel costume told a coal industry CEO to "eat shit" on his show?
• ... that it's pronounced "gif", not "gif"?
• ... that while Alexander Hamilton may not have broken the tie in the election of 1800, he did break the tie in "The Election of 1800"?
• ... that Canadian politician Above Znoneofthe chose his name so as to be placed last on alphabetical ballots?

A full list of hooks can be found here.

1. DYK and attribution: Just like the lead of an article, a DYK hook fact shouldn't be in wikivoice if the body of the article or the source isn't willing to say the fact in their own voice.
2. Some disputes aren't worth it: How to handle a hot conflict over something that doesn't actually matter for readers.
3. Source your plot summaries: Plot summary can be sometimes be avoided by following what reliable sources say is important to the story.
4. Tell me something interesting: A short thought experiment to test if you've got a good DYK hook.
5. Why some hooks are interesting: DYK hooks are intriguing when they entice a reader into wanting to know more, and editors should justify why their hooks will accomplish that goal.

I run GalliumBot; he does a bunch of maintenance tasks related to DYK and anything else I run into that I think might need. I've also written the prep set's half-assed workbench (pshaw), the reviewer of functionaries' recent activity (refract), and the block and oversight machine (bloom).