Draft:Aaron Reynolds
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Comment: Five of the eight footnotes here are primary sources self-published by organizations directly affiliated with the claims, which are not support for notability -- in order to be notable because of an award, you have to show that the award is a notable one by sourcing the claim to media coverage that treats "so-and-so wins such-and-such award" as news, and a person cannot get over Wikipedia's notability criteria for winning an award that you source to the award's own website about itself. And other than that, what's left for proper coverage in real media isn't enough to claim that he would pass WP:GNG on that coverage alone. Bearcat (talk) 23:14, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Aaron Reynolds is a Canadian writer and the creator of several popular humor accounts on social media platforms, including Effin’ Birds and Swear Trek. He has won several Webby awards for his work.
Reynolds began the Twitter account Swear Trek in July 2016, adding vulgar captions to screenshots from Star Trek episodes.[1] Part of the humor of the account derives from the fact that characters in Star Trek series rarely curse.[2]
In May 2017, Reynolds began the Twitter account Effin’ Birds, which pairs vintage black-and-white woodcut stock illustrations of birds with vulgar phrases.[3] In 2019, he published the book Effin' Birds: A Field Guide to Identification.[4] In the book he deliberately provides bad identifications, for example identifying a peacock as a "Hipster Pelican".[1]
Publications
[edit]- Effin' Birds: A Field Guide to Identification, ISBN 9781984856289
Awards
[edit]- 2023 - Webby Winner, Social Media: Weird; People's Voice Winner, Social Media: Weird[5]
- 2022 - Webby People's Voice Winner, Social Media: Weird; Honoree, Social Media: Comedy[6]
- 2021 - Webby People's Voice Winner, Social Media: Weird[7]
- 2020 - Webby Honoree, Social Media: Humor[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Boehm, Eric (2020-12-04). "Are These Effin' Birds From Canada Fucking With American Democracy?". Reason.com. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "'Star Trek: Discovery' Just Made Trek History With One Word". Inverse. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ Del-Colle, Andrew (2017-10-17). "The Story Behind the Foul-Mouthed 'Effin' Birds' Twitter Account | Audubon". National Audubon Society. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Effin' Birds by Aaron Reynolds". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Webby 2 Wins Effin' Birds 2023". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Webby People's Voice Winner, Honoree Effin' Birds 2022". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Webby Awards Effin' Birds People's Voice Winner 2021". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Webby Awards Honoree Effin' Birds 2020". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2024-04-05.