User:Sceptre
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User:Sceptre
About Me
Hello, I'm Sarah, and I'm a 33 year old editor from Leeds, England. My username comes from the Tintin book King Ottokar's Sceptre, a series of which I was a fan during my childhood. I'm a native speaker of British English, which is regrettably the only language I can speak with any degree of understanding. I know an odd smattering of French and German. I currently hold a Master's degree in Mathematics.
I'm interested in all forms of media, and can appreciate most forms of them, from nearly all genres of music to most genres of literature, film, and television. As of recently, I have become increasingly involved in progressive political activism, mostly transgender, LGB and feminist activism as a lesbian trans person. My editing tends to fall into one of two areas, and I'm particularly interested in expanding Wikipedia's poor coverage of transgender issues and helping to reduce the amount of cisgender, heterosexual and male systemic bias on the encyclopedia. However, I do understand the importance of not letting my queer politics getting in the way and compromising the neutrality of our queer coverage.
I contribute mostly using Safari on macOS 10.15 Catalina, but may use other browsers in public locations. I also have a blog, but I update it rarely and I'm more active on X.
Wiki
From January 2006 to August 2006, I was an administrator of Wikipedia. I currently possess the auto-patrolled, page mover, pending changes reviewer, rollback and template editor rights, which allow me to undertake specific technical tasks. I also have contribute to Wikiquote and the Wikimedia Commons sporadically. You are free to look at my logs of my tenure as an editor and administrator.
I value the quality of Wikipedia articles over the quantity. I support merging related articles that aren't particularly well-written or not notable and deleting articles that cannot be improved. I feel that Wikipedia is sometimes too optimistic with regards to article quality and keep some articles that have little chance of improvement. I often do what I think is best for the encyclopedia. I also attempt to be neutral, but in favour of countering systemic bias, with any topic I edit on Wikipedia, despite my political leanings; I feel this is the only way to contribute in areas full of institutional bias.
If you like this design, use it. Most of the page is taken from the Portal skeleton. The small links were inspired by Kyoko, and the icons at the top were inspired by Riana. Conversely, I am always available to do a userpage redesign for you if you ask.
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- Through the Looking Glass (Lost) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- The Fires of Pompeii (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- Doctor Who campfire trailer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- M62 motorway (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- ...including 4 Featured Articles;
- ...including 6 Good Articles;
- ...including 1 former Good Article;
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- I Dreamed a Dream (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- Prince Louis of Cambridge (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- The End of Time (Doctor Who) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- The Sontaran Stratagem (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- The Unicorn and the Wasp (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- Tofu (TV series) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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FA creation process
This is my process for creating good and featured episode articles, modelled after The Stolen Earth:
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- Before transmission: Create article
- Transmission time: Watch the media in question.
- The night after transmission: Listen and watch to companion media to media, and take notes. (See right and below)
- The morning after transmission: Start editing synopsis
- A day or two after transmission: Add production details
- A few days after transmission: Add ratings
- A few days after transmission: Visit review sites and include reviews in one fell swoop.
- Copyedit and remove original research inserted by other editors
- As time progresses, steadily add new information while continuously copyediting:
- After the FAC, keep adding information when you can find it:
- Add some microformats
- Add information from a new book by writer of the episode
- Add public reception
- Add info from DVD commentary
- Add info from an analysis book
- Add new interview
- Add more filming locations and group them into a reference class
- Add new section about public hype
- Add new review, minor information, and group another reference class
- Done? There may still be improvements to make!
Statistics:
- Number of edits: 407 and counting;
- Amount of work: nine months of maintainance and improvement;
- Size at creation: 1KB
- Size before transmission: 8KB
- Size before expanding: 16KB
- Offline media used: The Writer's Tale, The Monsters Within, Doctor Who Magazine issues 397–403, Doctor Who Magazine Special Issue 20, SFX magazine Special Issue 35, three issues of Radio Times, Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD
- Approximate cost: £115 (≈US$170)
- Size after passing FAC: 48KB
- Current size: 105KB
Milkman recast in SJA traffic accident happened when filming in Traffic Control Centre Booking for finale took place as early as 2004; Freema contracted in 2006, Donna in 2007 Aubrey Fairchild — reused for TND Sycorax, Hath, Isolus in SP treatment of Julian's voice was under discussion as late as the commentary was being recorded (late May) Shadow Controller is "pure science-fiction" Harriet's storyline was a "three-act play" Elton or Donna were alternatives for Harriet fact of Jones overuse was going to be pointed out Graeme, Tate, and Tennant made the decision to selectively ignore Sarah mentioning the Daleks as it would ruin the emotion Davies and Gardner doesn't think that 10.5 is the Eleventh Doctor
Uploaded media
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North-South divide in the world
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NOR gate
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OR gate using NOR gates
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XOR gate using NOR gates
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XNOR gate using NOR gates
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AND gate using NOR gates
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NAND gate using NOR gates
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NOT gate using a NOR gate
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An intersection of two streets near my house.
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A heart created for a very close friend to cheer her up when her life was crappy.
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An idiom we all need to abide by. (A fixed version of a now deleted image by Springeragh that had skewed colours.)
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A blue flamingo, used to whack me with when I screw up.
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Something sweet for Sharon.
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All countries in Europe, with their flags.
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M62 traffic stats
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The M62 motorway in relation to the rest of the United Kingdom.
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A section of the UK showing the M62.
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K. Lastochka's signature, Hungarianized
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A funny sign in Baker St. tube station
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Don't be badgering people
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What I look at when I revert
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Bathrobez. Cabalz.
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Checkuser is not for fishing.
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You know what? She can't stand the sight of me! She leaves! Now, I see the funny side. Now, I'm always smiling!
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Pretty cool writer who doesn't afraid of anything.
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Death Cab for Cutie performing at Carling Academy Sheffield, 17 November 2008
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Image of the snowstorms that affected the whole country
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360-degree panorama of Brighouse railway station, taken in February 2009
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Imogen Heap at Leeds Met
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An advert for Portal 2
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Blackfriars station entrance on the South Bank
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Emilie Autumn on her Fight Like a Girl tour, 2012
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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 parliamentary vote map for the entire UK...
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...and in Scotland
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Halifax railway station panorama
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Map showing countries in which women can serve in the military.
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Map showing countries in which women or LGBT people can serve in the military.
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Leeds railway station, northern entrance
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Leeds Town Hall during the Tour de France
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Brian Paddick at the 2014 Lib Dem Conference
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Cecil Baldwin of Welcome to Night Vale
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The Clyde Arc
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Cirrocumulus forming
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Felix, the famous station cat of Huddersfield
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The Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, by state...
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...and by division
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Counties in County cricket, by division
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The new Nexus building at the University of Leeds
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The M62 motorway near Irlam
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Birch services on the M62 motorway.
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Lofthouse Interchange between the M62 and M1 motorways.
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Stott Hall Farm in the middle of the M62.
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Chain Bar interhcange between the M606 motorway, the M62, the A58 road and the A638 road.
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The A629 road passing under the M62.
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The Polyphonic Spree at V Festival 2005
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My Chemical Romance in Perth
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Marilyn Manson in Florence
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The Shins in London
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Apocalyptica in Brussels
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Genesis, c. 2007
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Christopher Lee on a break from filming in Westminster
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The Bloop, 100% speed
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Vote Saxon!
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Eih bennek...
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...eih blavek!
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M62 being built in Milnrow, Rochdale
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Doctor Who filming in March 2008
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Leonard Cohen. Hallelujah. Glasto.
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Map uploaded at the request of a user.
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Obama's first weekly address.
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Torchwood filming set.
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David Tennant and Michelle Ryan read the script of "Planet of the Dead".
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Operation Stack under effect.
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Black-background prism diffraction effect for Optics...
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...and Dark Side of the Moon
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Collage of London, rendered as a JPG
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Canal Street, Manchester: used on Russell T Davies to illustrate the gay district in relation to Queer as Folk
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Southerndown Beach in South Wales: used for the Doomsday (Doctor Who) main page feature
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