User:SilSinn9821
(Not to be confused with user SilSinn9801 within Wikipedia or its sister projects. SilSinn9821 uses the username SilSinn9801 in other Wiki-like projects like Wikia and Bulbagarden.)
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SilSinn9821, known as Silent Sinner in Scarlet in the YouTube community and usually abbreviated as SilSinn in the video gaming community, is an independent musician specializing in ancient FM synthesis techniques and styles. His/her interests on Wikipedia revolve mostly around articles on tropical cyclones and broadcasting.
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Contributions to Wikipedia
[edit]Electrochemical Cells and Batteries
[edit]Before formally joining Wikipedia as SilSinn9821, this person anonymously contributed to a few articles on electrochemical cells and batteries, usually providing previously-unlisted battery sizes and missing/corrected IEC designations for already-listed sizes.
Radio/Television Broadcasting
[edit]SilSinn9821, born in Puerto Rico, researches the history and technical details of some radio and television broadcast stations in the island, including call-sign changes, frequency/channel displacements, and network affiliations.
SilSinn9821 joined WikiProject: Television Stations on 11 December 2018. Among the various articles he/she contributed to that are of interest to this project:
Tropical Cyclones
[edit]SilSinn9821, a survivor of Hurricane Maria, researches and occasionally contributes to articles on tropical cyclones with regards to numbering and naming. Regarding Northwestern Pacific and North Indian systems, he/she also researches the origins of the names assigned to them upon reaching tropical storm wind speeds. Regarding North Atlantic systems before 1950, he/she also researches the origins of the informal names given to them, especially those named in Puerto Rico after Roman Catholic saints.
After developing a table template for TC numbering, SilSinn9821 formally joined WikiProject: Tropical Cyclones on 12 December 2018 and set him/herself the goal of starting an article on Tropical cyclone numbering. It is not as prevalent as Tropical cyclone naming, but if enough sources regarding the matter can be compiled and properly turned into a good article (especially one compliant with Wikipedia’s guidelines and policies), then the effort may be worth it, even if it does not become a featured article (SilSinn would rather let that achievement be bestowed upon Tropical cyclone naming).
Fish etymology
[edit]SilSinn9821 researches international names of certain species of fish, especially those written in scripts and alphabets other than the Latin alphabet used by English and most other European languages. For example, he/she is currently trying to find out how sareng, a common name for Wallago attu, is written in Indic scripts like Devanagari and Bangla. So, if you Wikipedia reader or contributor know how it is written, he/she would greatly appreciate your help. Thankee!
Aircraft accidents
[edit]SilSinn9821, whose academic background is electrical engineering, also made some corrections to a few articles on accidents involving airplanes (especially commercial airliners). Corrections were mostly grammatical/orthographic, plus a few disambiguations regarding the meanings of certain international acronyms that are usually confused with unrelated U.S. acronyms.
Biographies
[edit]SilSinn9821 made contributions to a few biographical articles (complete with references):
- Barbara Bush
- Pauline Robinson Bush
- Michael Everson
- Ken Lunde – with whom they had occasional email communications since 2017.
- Silverio Pérez – with whom they took a selfie in 2019!
- Andrew West (linguist) – with whom they had a handful of email conversations since 2017.
Also made a small infobox contribution to:
Other areas
[edit]Although not specializing in areas other than batteries, broadcasting, tropical cyclones, fish etymologies, or air accidents, SilSinn9821 sometimes contributes to such other articles by improving grammar/orthography (especially verb-tense consistency, sometimes changing verbs to past tense when needed) or removing redundancies. Also, he/she occasionally inserts non-breaking spaces (NBSP’s) and zero-width spaces (ZWSP’s) on a few articles to improve their layouts, especially on both desktop and mobile browser views; his/her most frequent insertions of ZWSP’s take place just after diagonal slashes “/” separating certain words, because not all browsers (especially Google Chrome in Android) break a line immediately after a slash (thus unnecessarily dragging preceding words to the next line).
Templates
[edit]SilSinn9821 made a template for a flexible YouTube userbox that takes zero, one, or two arguments depending on the desired behavior:
- {{User:SilSinn9821/user YouTube}} (originally transcluded in this userpage at the near-top right)
Most of the functionality from this userspace template has been incorporated into the templatespace {{User YouTube}} template on December 2020.
For the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones, SilSinn9821 also furnished a table template summarizing various numbering schemes used for tropical cyclones:
- {{Tropical cyclone numbering}} (currently transcluded in Tropical Cyclone §9 Classifications, terminology, and naming §§9.3 Numbering; improved by other Wikipedians to which I extend my thanks)
For the WikiProject Television Stations, SilSinn9821 also furnished a link template for querying radio & TV station facilities using the Federal Communications Commission’s new Licensing and Management System (LMS) database:
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility}} (now transcluded in approximately 5000 radio/TV-station articles on this wiki)
About SilSinn
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Silent Sinner in Scarlet
[edit]From his/her YouTube profile:
- Sinner: we are all sinners.
- Silent: not all sins can be publicly discussed.
- Scarlet: the blood of some Holy one crucified by ancient Romans nearly 2000 years ago… the ONLY blood that can cleanse each and every sin in the world — even the silent ones.
SilSinn9821
[edit]- Sil: abbreviation of “Silent”.
- Sinn: abbreviation of “Sinner”.
- 9821: refers to a specific model of a long-storied family of computers made by Japanese firm NEC and sold in Japan from the early 1980’s well into 2003: the PC-9821. The music compiled by Silent Sinner in Scarlet (abbreviated as SilSinn) resembles the kind of background music played by ancient video games made for the PC-9801 computers (including the PC-9821).
Musical background
[edit]Silent Sinner in Scarlet was inspired by the original musical works by Japanese video-game composers Nobuo Uematsu, Revo, & ZUN, as well as Japanese anime composer Tatsuo Takai.
Currently, he/she is composing/arranging/remixing music based on the Yamaha OPNA FM-synthesizer integrated circuit. A 1:15-minute demo of his/her first single can be listened to in his/her YouTube channel; the full nearly-10-minute-long version can be found on various music-streaming platforms and apps (free and non-free) which will not be linked here so as to avoid making this section appear as free advertisement (and comply with this wiki’s anti-spam policies).
Discography
[edit]Original Singles
[edit]- SYNTHESS ~ The Mistress of FM Synthesis (release date: April 1, 2019)
- NOSTALGY ~ A Theme of Nostalgia, Remembrance, & Reminiscence (release date: November 23, 2019)
Original Albums
[edit](none so far)
Commissioned Originals
[edit]- DUSK –Gravitational Adventures– (release date: October 26, 2019; October 27, 2019 on Nico Nico)
Arranged Singles
[edit]- A Sacred Lot (release date: April 14, 2019. PMD98 remaster, in OPNA with added SSG percussion; an OPN render was released four days later)
- 赤より紅い夢(PC-9801バージョン) (English: A Dream More Scarlet than Red (PC-9801 Version); release date: May 5, 2019, 07:00 JST, coinciding with the 16th Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai; published one minute later on Nico Nico)
- ほおずきみたいに紅い魂(PC-9801バージョン) (English: A Soul as Scarlet as a Ground Cherry (PC-9801 Version); release date: May 13, 2019; May 14, 2019 on Nico Nico)
- 妖魔夜行(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Apparitions Stalk the Night (PC-9801 Version); release date: May 20, 2019, revised November 15, 2019; May 21, 2019 on Nico Nico, also revised November 15, 2019)
- 明治十七年の上海アリス(靈異伝風バージョン) (English: Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17 (HRtP-Style Version); release date: August 15, 2019; Nico Nico)
- メイドと血の懐中時計(PC-9801バージョン) (English: The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood (PC-9801 Version); release date: September 15, 2019; Nico Nico)
- 月時計 ~ ルナ・ダイアル(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial (PC-9801 Version); release date: September 22, 2019; September 21, 2019 on Nico Nico)
- ツェペシュの幼き末裔(PC-9801バージョン) (English: The Young Descendant of Tepes (PC-9801 Version); release date: October 11, 2019; October 12, 2019 on Nico Nico)
- 亡き王女の為のセプテット(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Septette for the Dead Princess (PC-9801 Version); release date: December 6, 2019; December 7, 2019 on Nico Nico)
- 紅より儚い永遠(PC-9801バージョン) (English: An Eternity More Transient than Scarlet (PC-9801 Version); release date: December 9, 2019; December 10, 2019 on Nico Nico)
- 紅楼 ~ Eastern Dream...(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Scarlet Tower ~ Eastern Dream... (PC-9801 Version); release date: December 13, 2019; December 14, 2019 on Nico Nico)
- 魔法少女達の百年祭(PC-9801バージョン) (English: The Centennial Festival for Magical Girls (PC-9801 Version); release date: December 16, 2019; Nico Nico)
- U.N.オーエンは彼女なのか?(PC-9801バージョン) (English: U.N. Owen Was Her? (PC-9801 Version); release date: December 23, 2019; Nico Nico)
- 広有射怪鳥事 ~ Till When?(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Hiroari Shoots a Strange Bird ~ Till When? (PC-9801 Version); release date: May 1, 2020; Nico Nico)
- 魔女達の舞踏会 ~ Magus(PC-9801バージョン) (English: The Witches’ Ball ~ Magus (PC-9801 Version); release date: July 19, 2020, as part of the 20th anniversary of Seihou Project; Nico Nico)
- 幽雅に咲かせ、墨染の桜 ~ Border of Life(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Bloom Nobly, Ink-Black Cherry Blossom ~ Border of Life (PC-9801 Version); release date: October 7, 2020; Nico Nico)
- ネクロファンタジア(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Necrofantasia (PC-9801 Version); release date: December 22, 2020 JST; Nico Nico)
- 少女綺想曲 ~ Dream Battle(PC-9801バージョン・東方懐旧合成版) (English: Maiden’s Capriccio ~ Dream Battle (PC-9801 Version · Synthesized Memories Edition); release date: January 6, 2021 JST; Nico Nico)
- 千年幻想郷 ~ History of the Moon(PC-9801バージョン・東方懐旧合成版) (English: Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the Moon (PC-9801 Version · Synthesized Memories Edition); release date: August 8, 2021 JST; Nico Nico)
- 竹取飛翔 ~ Lunatic Princess(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess (PC-9801 Version); release date: September 8, 2021 JST; Nico Nico)
- 少女綺想曲 ~ Dream Battle(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Maiden’s Capriccio ~ Dream Battle (PC-9801 Version); release date: January 6, 2022 JST; Nico Nico)
- フラワリングナイト(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Flowering Night (PC-9801 Version); release date: March 9, 2022 JST; Nico Nico)
- 狂気の瞳 ~ Invisible Full Moon(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Lunatic Eyes ~ Invisible Full Moon (PC-9801 Version); release date: August 2, 2022; Nico Nico)
- おてんば恋娘の冒険(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Adventure of the Lovestruck Tomboy (PC-9801 Version); release date: September 9, 2022 JST; Nico Nico)
Other Fandoms
[edit]- カットマン(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Cut Man (PC-9801 Version), four different PMD98 covers; release date: December 17, 2019, coinciding with the 32nd anniversary of Mega Man; Nico Nico)
- わんぱくロボ(PC-9801バージョン) (English: Mischievous Robot (PC-9801 Version); release date: December 20, 2019, 07:00 JST, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of Cave Story; Nico Nico)
- NECommodore (Famicommodore PC-9801-86 Version) (release date: February 18, 2020, coinciding with the 4th anniversary of chiptuner Doric Dream’s original FamiCommodore release; Nico Nico)
- 鉄腕アトム ~ ASTRO BOY(PC-9801バージョン feat.鏡音リン・レン) (English: Mighty Atom ~ ASTRO BOY (PC-9801 Version feat. Kagamine Rin & Len); release date: April 7, 2020, 07:00 JST, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the 1980 color-TV anime adaptation of Astro Boy, with Vocaloid vocals tuned by producer Heizee; Nico Nico)
- 【音街ウナ】SUGAR(PC-9801バージョン) (English: [Otomachi Una] SUGAR (PC-9801 Version); release date: July 30, 2020, celebrating the 4th anniversary and canonical birthday of VOCALOID singer Otomachi Una [also SilSinn’s first vocal-tuning experience]; Nico Nico)
- ガリィのテーマ(PC-9801バージョン・エクステンドミックス) (English: Gally’s Theme (PC-9801 Version – Extended Mix); release date: September 9, 2020, both celebrating the 30th anniversary of Battle Angel Alita and coinciding with Alita Appreciation Day; Nico Nico)
- NECommodore ~ Touhou Instrument Mix (Famicommodore PC-9801 5th Anniversary Version) (release date: February 18, 2021; Nico Nico)
- 塚森の大樹(PC-9801バージョン) (English: A Huge Tree in the Tsukamori Forest (PC-9801 Version); release date: March 7, 2021 JST, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of Walt Disney’s English dub of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro; Nico Nico)
- Bopeebo (PC-9801 Version) (release date: April 5, 2021, exactly six months after the release of Friday Night Funkin’; Nico Nico)
- BOY(PC-9801バージョン) (English: BOY (PC-9801 Version); instrumental cover of the song by J-Pop band The Alfee; release date: May 27, 2021 JST, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 2001 anime series Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru; Nico Nico)
- BOY(PC-9821バージョン feat. 鏡音レン) (English: BOY (PC-9821 Version feat. Kagamine Len); VOCALOID cover of the same song above; release date: August 25, 2021 JST; Nico Nico)
- Bopeebo feat. Bruno, Kagamine Rin & Len (PC-9801 VOCALOID Version) (release date: October 5, 2021, exactly one year after the release of Friday Night Funkin’; Nico Nico)
- Epic Bright (PC-9801 Version; YM2608) (release date: November 6, 2021)
- TohoCommodore (Famicommodore PC-9801 6th-Anniversary Touhou-style Version) (release date: February 18, 2022; Nico Nico)
- NENA – 99 Luftballons (PC-9801-Version) (English: NENA – 99 Red Balloons (PC-9801 Version); release date: January 14, 2023, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the eponymous album containing the covered song; Nico Nico)
- となりのトトロ(PC-9821バージョン feat. 歌愛ユキ・音街ウナ) (English: My Neighbor Totoro (PC-9821 Version feat. Kaai Yuki & Otomachi Una); VOCALOID cover of the eponymous Ghibli film’s ending theme; release date: April 16, 2023 JST, in commemoration of the 1988 movie’s official 35th anniversary; Nico Nico)
Arranged Albums
[edit]- 東方懐旧合成 ~ Synthesized Memories (English: Nostalgic Oriental Synthesis ~ Synthesized Memories; release date: July 27, 2019, as part of Redditaisai 2019 online event; crossfade preview on YouTube and Nico Nico)
- 東方紅魔旧 ~ the Ancienthood of Scarlet Devil (English: Oriental Scarlet Devil Oldness ~ the Ancienthood of Scarlet Devil, a full PC-9801 cover of the soundtrack from 東方紅魔郷 ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil; release date: December 28, 2019, as part of Comic Market 97 a.k.a. Winter Comiket 2019; crossfade preview on YouTube and Nico Nico)
Commissioned Covers
[edit]- RALLY STARS - Main Theme (PC-9801 Version) (release date: December 21, 2020; December 12, 2020 on Nico Nico)
- Street Racing Mania (PC-9801 Version) (release date: January 9, 2021; January 4, 2021 on Nico Nico)
Interests outside music
[edit]SilSinn is a casual video gamer and has an interest in researching multilingual features of some role-playing video games, often contributing to their respective wiki encyclopedia projects (often hosted on Wikia, now rebranded as FANDOM).
He/she was an administrator of the Wikia-hosted River Monsters Wiki, centered around biologist Jeremy Wade’s TV shows about dangerous and unusual aquatic creatures. He/she also founded that wiki’s Spanish branch (which unfortunately was closed due to editorial inactivity). A hater of (and tireless crusader against) wiki vandalism him/herself, he/she was promoted to co-administrator of the Sparta Remix Encyclopedia (a wiki that studies the history of a classic internet meme involving techno music and visual effects, as well as the remixers who made such remixes) and the Fictional Characters Wiki (a wiki dedicated to fictional characters from various media franchises). He/she retired from administrating all these wikis on November 2020 because they were stealing a lot of his/her time that could’ve been better spent on making music. However, he/she still occasionally contributes edits & uploads to various vocal-synthesizer wikis there (like, for example: VOCALOID Wiki –where he/she is a content moderator– & Synthesizer V Wiki –where he/she is a sysop–).
Favorite Phrases
[edit]- “I will remain silent on that question.”
- “Thankee!”
Signature
[edit]A well-constructed wikicode signature making smart use of Unicode characters seldom used by ordinary users, plus two emoji pictograms that still meet Wikipedia’s signature policy because they are characters, not image files:
- unambiguous regular hyphen (U+2010) to prevent the signature from dragging any preceding word to the next line in case the signature doesn’t fit in the current line and the user forgets to type a normal space before appending the signature.
- non-breaking hyphen (NBHY, U+2011) that will always stay in the same line as the rest of the signature in case of a line break.
- the emoji for CYCLONE (U+1F300), alluding to the user’s past involvement in the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones.
- the emoji for SPEECH BALLOON (U+1F4AC), serving as a link to the user’s talk page.
- three word joiners (WJ, U+2060), which are essentially zero-width non-breaking spaces that ensure that no line breaks occur between ① the regular HYPHEN & the NON-BREAKING HYPHEN, ② the CYCLONE & the abbreviated username, and ③ between the superscripted ATCF-like label (a concealed link to the user’s contributions page) and the SPEECH BALLOON.
External Links
[edit]- Silent Sinner in Scarlet’s YouTube channel
- Silent Sinner in Scarlet’s Vimeo channel (active but abandoned)
- SilSinn9801’s Nico Nico (ニコニコ動画) channel
- Silent Sinner in Scarlet’s SoundCloud channel
- Silent Sinner in Scarlet’s profile on Apple Music
- Silent Sinner in Scarlet’s profile on Spotify
- Silent Sinner in Scarlet’s Bandcamp page
- Silent Sinner in Scarlet on ChipMusic (virtually abandoned)
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- WikiProject Tropical cyclones participants
- Wikipedians in the Caribbean
- American Wikipedians
- Wikipedians in Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican Wikipedians
- Wikipedians who use Discord
- Wikipedians who use Internet Explorer
- Wikipedians who use Google Chrome
- Wikipedian composers
- User Music Macro Language
- Wikipedians interested in music
- Wikipedians who listen to electronic music
- Wikipedians who listen to video game music
- Wikipedians interested in anime and manga
- Wikipedians interested in Touhou
- Wikipedians interested in United States politics
- Wikipedians interested in human rights
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- Wikipedians who understand ParserFunctions
- Wikipedians who program conditional templates
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