A WikiGnome is a wiki user who makes useful incremental edits without clamoring for attention. WikiGnomes work behind the scenes of a wiki, tying up little...

Wikignome is an experimental user-script that allows editors to update individual sentences (copy editing, spelling, etc.) while reading an article and...

says it all. Silly wikignomes. :) —Carolfrog 06:31, 27 February 2007 (UTC) I'm a WikiGnome myself. The description of a WikiGnome is thorough and true...

ProWikignome (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate ·...

Rotideypoc41352 Have been editing like a Wikignome; would like to learn how to contribute content Learning about: writing Joined on: 05:32, Sunday, March...

From 19 August to 21 August 2009, Wikipedians were asked to stop their wikignoming work and instead dedicate themselves to settling arguments and discussions...

Rotideypoc41352 Have been editing like a Wikignome; would like to learn how to contribute content...

for creation/sandbox by Example (talk · contribs) was marked as a AfC draft which is nearly finished by wikignome (talk · contribs) at 20120901121746....

Anglo-Saxon) Roc1233 (mostly Italian as that's what I've been doing but also wikignome stuff in general) Csernica InfernoXV Majoreditor Livecoder That Coptic...

though, I realise that I still have a lot to learn. I've been mostly a Wikignome thus far, which is fine, but I would like to make more substantial contributions...

ProWikignome (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · spi block · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate ·...

next one. Don't take offense, I am a wikignome myself! In conclusion, you are doing pretty well as a wikignome. I suggest stopping in an article of a...

(Wikipedia:Editor remore on article talk pages, although since you're a wikignome, it's acceptable. And like me, you're a welcomer (with User talk edits...

school's filter prevents me from looking for sources, reducing me to a mere wikignome. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel...

Recent Changes and thus want to get the bot flag for my public account (wikignome) for Saturday and Sunday. Every accept review generates 3 edits and one...

Using external media What do Milhist task forces do? Reviewing articles Wikignoming Pop culture sections Barnstars, Awards, and Honorable Mentions Understanding...

a half years since then, I never fixed it." He describes himself as a wikignome who fixes categorization, grammar, and wording. He adds that he would...

neologism... could be recreated in Wikipedia namespace, together with Wikignome or something.-Poli (talk • contribs) 03:11, 2005 July 28 (UTC) The above...

Copy editing, sourcing, local business MisterElection2001 (talk · contribs) 16porkchops (talk · contribs) - local wikignome Envixity07 (talk · contribs)...

that really isn't a Wikignome activity). When I'm really stressed, I work on Wikipedia to calm myself down What other Wikignome activities have you learned...

Using external media What do Cricket task forces do? Reviewing articles Wikignoming Pop culture sections Barnstars, Awards, and Honorable Mentions Using...

satisfied with. Do you have a new concern? Wikignome Wintergreentalk 17:19, 5 December 2021 (UTC) Hi @Wikignome Wintergreen: "The admin who reviewed my article...

termed, 'Wikignome' activity in terms of numerous general small improvements (hopefully !) to Wikipedia as a whole. However, this Wikignome has ambitions...

known as a wikignome, someone who prefers doing small edits to articles than creating and expanding existing ones. I consider myself a wikignome too. As...

Lasiocampidae. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 18:21, 23 December 2021 (UTC) @Wikignome Wintergreen: Thanks for notifying me. @Lasio id: Wikignome Wintergreen...

this. What are your main interests, e.g. article writing, reviewing, wikignoming? Iazyges: I do some work in PR, do some editing and do some article writing...

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Wikignoming (Awarded for 1 article on 21 Nov; "Wikignoming" was written by someone else) Maralia (talk) 03:43...

removing spam and giving small pieces of advices, you will be a great wikignome (just like me). Think what you like the most about Wikipedia, and do it...

significantly contributing to three featured articles, though I been more of a wikignome lately, especially with the always backlogged CAT:CSD. I’ll use that experience...

Falkybassist (T • C) - I'm more of a wikignome, but I'll edit things I know about SMcCandlish (T • C) - I'm here mostly as a wikignome, and was responsible for a...

vandalism reversion, and wikification. Some people might call me a "Wikignome". I also spend some of my time participating in debates such as MfDs and...

(interested more in creating or expanding articles) find boring. I could say wikignomes are a community inside the community, where it is not what one does the...

been no additions to the text except for tagging and minor housekeeping Wikignome edits by others. There seems to be no likelihood of making it more encyclopedic...

appropriate. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 20:33, 3 December 2021 (UTC) You should also read WP:COI, based on what you've now posted on your user page. Wikignome Wintergreentalk...

I am a RC patroller and seek to protect much vandalisim. I am a proud Wikignome who makes Wikipedia a quality encyclopedia by making the small things...

results outside the Casebook itself. Does it ring a bell for anyone? Wikignome Wintergreentalk 19:35, 15 June 2021 (UTC) First hit from Google is Haddocks'...

Wikipedia:Co-op/Featured learners/14 Rotideypoc41352 Have been editing like a Wikignome; would like to learn how to contribute content Wikipedia:Co-op/Featured...

recent contributions was greatly heartening. Also, I have a theory that "Wikignomes" make the best admins ... --fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 16:40, 4 October 2005...

upload log). This is essentially a duplicate of the Commons file File:Wikignome.gif, only in a different format and of a different resolution. Besides...

blessed day ahead. ProWikignome (talk) 18:16, 11 March 2024 (UTC) Update i already removed the PM News Citation... ProWikignome (talk) 09:55, 12 March...

I might comment on ANI now and again, but other than that I'll mostly Wikignome. Drama-whoring doesn't go well with illness. Sceptre (talk) 23:48, 12...

WP:BLP1E.--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 15:35, 17 January 2011 (UTC) Delete The wikignome in me is impressed: the article is so well-documented that it hurts to...

count can be through using automated tools, absence of talk can be a Wikignome doing something blindingly uncontroversial etc etc. Your use of edit summaries...

that area.  IShadowed  ✰  20:06, 13 July 2010 (UTC) Well I'm more of a Wikignome than a writer, so to speak. The Thing // Talk // Contribs 18:33, 14 July...

Jmajeremy (talk · contribs · count) I am a wikignome who would like to become an administrator, and am looking for feedback to see if I am ready to apply...

User:Scetoaux/Admin coaching, aiming for maybe a July or August RFA. I'm mainly a wikignome and recent changes patroller for antivandalism work, but I have also created...

article building since so much of your contribution history is filled with wikignoming. What I found looks good. Just as a general note, you might want to gather...

later, and the edit is small, this is a good time to make the edit. Wikignoming Wikipedia's Mobile skin is named Minerva or MinervaNeue. It can be turned...

may be altered one way or the other. Editors don't have to be full-time wikignomes to work on redirects part-time. Yes, I know there are other areas of this...

reason. Please do continue tidying other areas of Wikipedia, though! Wikignome Wintergreentalk 19:02, 8 December 2021 (UTC) Also, how you link to a section...

that, it looks great so far! How about getting involved in some of the wikignome projects, such as WP:DEP, WP:DPL, and other tasks that have backlogs?...

witty. But edit more substantially in the mainspace. There are too many wikignome admins and police officers as it is -- Samir धर्म 08:28, 11 August 2006...

MisterElection2001 (talk · contribs) 16porkchops (talk · contribs) - local wikignome [edit]  This section attempts to focus members on one article in order...

similar antics went on. He's capable of (and has done) a lot of useful wikignome work, but I'd look favorably on a ban on new article creation. And the...

count): Love cocktails; fascinated by the *old* ones from the 20s and such (wikignome; I'm here to tidy) Jeffrey Scott Maxwell (talk · contribs · count) - Interests:...

source, also isn't displaying. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 20:08, 27 November 2021 (UTC) Yeah, both images mentioned by Wikignome Wintergreen aren't showing...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be acceptable. My suggestion to any nominees with about...

policies/guidelines and I notice you're eager to learn more which is a definite plus. Wikignoming and patrolling random pages is a great way to learn the ropes around...

with adminship until you've been around at least 6 months. Stick to wikignoming for now and just reading articles and you'll get the hang of things....

changes even as you improve a single article. You spread some of the wikignome love around, adding categories and making assorted minor improvements...

October 2007 (UTC) Jason Quinn (talk · contribs) - Active, responsible Wikignome. Jason Quinn 18:27, 18 October 2007 (UTC) Dear candidate, thank you for...

less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects. I usually just Wikignome around EN-Wiki, just correcting things that need to be correcting, or...

example, Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists is incredibly out of date. Invite wikignomes, wikielves, and wikifairies (all 2500+ of them) to help on the outlines...

made 9 minor edits in the article namespace, you may want to do some wikignome stuff - typo fixing and so on. For major edits, your edit summary usage...

contribs) Just interested about comments, suggestions...I'm a self-denied wikiGnome. Although my edit count is rather low, I tend to do quite much in my edits...

dealing with certain levels of drama. I decided to walk away and focus on wikignoming, which is what I really enjoy doing. The discussion above is closed....

is not an admin, and has never been an admin. He’s just a hard working wikignome who’s passionate about the project, and likes improving it the best way...

good idea to let your emotions influence your editing. Regarding your wikignome-editing, a method I have found for this type of work is to rotate around...

On Wikipedia, a WikiGnome is a Wikipedian who makes small but constructive changes to an article, often in a relatively narrow scope in which they have...

namespace that is some sort of draft, has not been edited (apart from wikignoming) since 2008 and has no inlinks. DexDor (talk) 21:27, 25 August 2014 (UTC)...

trolls. Created by an SPA in 2007 and nobody cared since then besides wikignomes Loew Galitz (talk) 22:33, 24 February 2022 (UTC) Note: This discussion...

qui en estant le tiegne". Something about Godly virtue and ringworms?? Wikignome Wintergreentalk 15:22, 30 September 2021 (UTC) As far as I can figure...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

could probably be automated by a cleverly programmed bot (though more wikignomes would then be needed to fix up after the bot). It is only their supernaturally...

pointed that I don't do a lot of article work. To be honest, I'm more of a Wikignome and tend to do more backstage work that admins tend to do. I still have...

believe its time to do one of these. A lot of what I do is just as a wikignome, making sure the machine runs smoothly. Examples of this are my contributions...

of articles where it is needed, and fixing small inaccuracies, I am a wikignome so I do small, regular contributions rather than large ones. 3. Have you...

more specific about what's confusing you? Wikignome Wintergreentalk 23:42, 4 December 2021 (UTC) @Wikignome Wintergreen: what are PDF’s used for? That...

Both are the only significant contributor to the draft, besides bots and Wikignomes, and are obvious SPAs. The sock has also been removing the COI tags and...

On Wikipedia, a WikiGnome is a Wikipedian who makes small but constructive changes to an article, often in a relatively narrow scope in which they have...

skills and talent, without material benefit. From brilliant writers to wikignomes, with many in between, there is one common thread: we all have hopeful...

concerns the most urgent needs facing WPVG. Czar points out that many wikignoming activities are needed, whether it be speaking up at AfD or reviewing...

reasonable and civil, and have since been impressed by his persistence as a wikignome. Give him the LART, I say! ~~ N (t/c) 21:01, 7 October 2005 (UTC) Candidate...

lived right next to the station at Redland. Thryduulf: I'm more of a wikignome and facilitator rather than a major contributor of prose. I tend to work...

pleased, and why? Answer: What just one? Well, though I'm not really a Wikignome, I find I'm addicted to improving what ever is on the other side of the...

count): Love cocktails; fascinated by the *old* ones from the 20s and such (wikignome; I'm here to tidy) Jeffrey Scott Maxwell (talk · contribs · count) - Interests:...

projects and in the backstage arenas of Wikipedia, with a lot of valuable wikignoming. I don't see any recent vandalism work or a lot of substantial article...

Piece by Eiichiro Oda) joined: 15:41, 24 June 2013 (UTC) EpochFail I'm a wikignome and userscript maintainer. I don't edit all that substantially anymore...

writing or other significant activities (e.g., coding, patrolling, or wikignoming). It may also include significant constructive improvements to the processes...

problem myself, but in this case I have it on good authority that there are wikignomes who specialize in this kind of work, and the template will draw them quickly...

are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why? A: I'm definitely a Wikignome working to keep the place ticking over. Whilst I am on NPP I hit "Random...

articles. I agree that it's entirely inappropriate; I'm doing some clean up. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 04:28, 16 December 2021 (UTC) @NOLA Bee: I haven't heard...

on, I can fix it myself in future. Thanks! Wikignome Wintergreentalk 23:14, 7 December 2020 (UTC) @Wikignome Wintergreen: The image is chosen automatically...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. Hope this helps. Dlohcierekim 13:07, 10 June...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

do about the strange redirect? If anything? Wikignome Wintergreentalk 03:15, 11 March 2021 (UTC) @Wikignome Wintergreen: Looks like neotropical birds originally...

1112 different articles, which basically leads me to believe you're a wikignome; there's nothing wrong with that, but if your were at an RfA, the editors...

Masterpiece2000 04:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC) Support No drawbacks here. And I ❤ wikignomes. Pigman☿ 06:01, 4 December 2007 (UTC) Support I'd rather have admins with...

(talk) Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk · contribs) – I would consider myself a wikignome working quietly away to improve wikipedia behind the scenes. I am regularly...

yet. You only have 8 article edits, so some content writing (or even wikignoming) is something you should try to work on. Some work in WP:-prefixed areas...

not subject to copyright anyway: it doesn't involve any creative act. Wikignome tasks like that are kept for the project's utility only. With this reworking...

Thanks. -- ReyBrujo 04:01, 8 March 2007 (UTC) Note: No need to check... I wikignomed the What Links Here and the only item to be corrected was the Zelda page...

users and is just an all around good hand to have. Meno25 would be a WikiGnome administrator, assisting in backlogs and other sysops functions as they...

tools, then your RfA will not be successful. Now, I see that you're a Wikignome. Which is good, but many users will prefer to see some article building...

unfortunately being honest, I do not think I have the patience for the wikignome jobs either. So I would like to close/cancel the nomination please. Thank...

concerns were raised about Liz's focus on noticeboard discussions and wikignome activity, and a perceived lack of content creation. In the words of one...

being kept. The JPStalk to me 18:50, 14 January 2007 (UTC) I'm more of a wikignome than a wikifairy, but I'll see what I can do later unless someone else...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

user page states "This account is a alternate account used solely for wikignoming. As such it will never participate in community decisions, be it deletion...

April 2022 (UTC) Keep It is a Wikipedia glossary that would benefit from wikignoming rather than deletion. Thincat (talk) 11:27, 24 April 2022 (UTC) Keep...

creation, there have been significant content changes (as opposed to wikignome activity) so I don't think an author requested speedy deletion is appropriate...

CRYSTAL because it is not finished yet. This article is only waiting for a Wikignome to add the missing references.--ClubOranjeT 11:53, 6 April 2011 (UTC)...

one article in particular that I am pleased with since I am more of a Wikignome and a Recent Change Patrol. If I had to chose it would probably be Lock...

don't you think? I'll remove it for now, but I feel the presence of wikignomes just aching to link it again. :) Awadewit | talk 04:31, 13 September 2007...

natural predators. They are known to protect smaller species such as wikignomes, wikielfs and wikidwarfs from predators and are generally wise like wikielephants...

As a self-admitted wikignome who specializes in baseball articles, I fully endorse the mopping of other self-admitted wikignomes who specialize in baseball...

unsigned comment added by Jayron32 (talk • contribs) I only see there some wikignoming, no substantial edits. But I do not have a strong opinion on deletion...

well in the areas in which you choose to participate. I see a lot of wikignoming in your contribution history. Good work there. You don't do a lot of...

(resulting in an unusually large revert on my part), bot edits, and Wikignoming, has remained largely abandoned. I haven't found any sources on Google...

article for peer review because I spend a lot of my time here doing wikignoming or doing dispute resolution via WP:3O or WP:MEDCAB and only occasionally...

become interested in editing biodiversity topics on Wikipedia? I'm a wikignome who tries to remove unnecessary complexity and confusion in wikipedia...

appropriate one; and then come back with your conclusion. Once one gets beyond Wikignoming, this is what (our kind of) encyclopaedists do. They find good sources...

Turlo Lomon 10:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC) Reviews You are a fantastic wikignome, particularly in vandal fighting. You continually revert nonsense, insulting...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

assertion on his user page that he is not a Wikignome- a substantial fraction of his edits seem to be Wikignoming Canada related matters). I also had some...

which is not my intent at all. For context - this comes up as part of a wikignome project in which I surveyed all WP: essays bearing Template:Guidance essay...

longer in use for editing purposes. It's becoming a honeypot for bots and wikignomes fixing irrelevant errors. Dennis Bratland (talk) 19:37, 10 December 2017...

nose count rather than policy. (Honestly, there's room for a team of Wikignomes to go back through every Keep result up through around 2006 and recheck...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

(UTC) Weak Keep and cleanup - lots of cleanup - specifically, some poor wikignoming soul has to add tons of footnotes. Gscholar gives an h-index of 12 or...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion to any nominees with less than/about...

Saint John, New Brunswick, began editing in July 2005, starting with wikignome work and moving into vandal fighting. In November 2006, she noted "I was...

SpencerT♦Nominate! 03:04, 21 June 2010 (UTC) Contributing my GA writing and general wikignoming time to this worthy cause. FT2 (Talk | email) 04:03, 21 June 2010 (UTC)...

I am competent and responsible enough to not abuse the tools. I am a WikiGnome, doing various menial chores that make Wikipedia more credible; I feel...

just 4% of your total edits, but that is expectable as well as you are a wikignome. Having such AFD experience, it may counter an argument that you have...

and her priority was to improve content rather than to score points; a WikiGnome, in fact. I only discovered that Thespian wasn't an Admin when she mentioned...

Tunnels project. Help keeping it that way would be appreciated by this WikiGnome.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 02:54, 26 October 2018 (UTC) Ravenswood Tunnel (talk)...

category of work, as I'm active in a lot of areas, (current events, wikignoming, anti-vandalism, and beginning to make more significant edits to areas...

seem to average around 200-300 edits per month. You apparently are a wikignome, someone who prefers doing small edits than to write full articles. Nothing...

WikiFauna. Some forms of WikiHybrids include: WikiFairy/WikiOgre WikiKnight/WikiGnome WikiOtter/WikiJaguar WikiTiger/WikiPuma Some WikiHybrids are exceedingly...

at least two of the following WikiFauna that is in the ent category: WikiGnome, WikiElf, WikiDwarf or WikiFairy. Not meet the above condition, but promote...

much more to say then you excel at your patrolling. You do a great job wikignoming because it keeps so much of the junk from falling to the other editors...

been a massive waste of time: for the unfortunate AfC reviewers, for the wikignomes who've had to fix the bizarre formatting errors introduced with the first...

July 2005 (UTC) What s/he said. Also there are lots of housekeepers, wikignomes, and wheel-oilers around this place, who perform indispensable tasks while...

hasn't really changed since my last editor review. It largely consists of Wikignoming and vandalism reversion. I see rounds at XfD, new changes patrol, recent...

projects. That will come in time as your ability improves. It's okay to be a Wikignome, and Wikipedia needs lots of them! The main help pages on wiki-markup...

to fix categorization errors, then fix categorization errors.. Being a Wikignome is not an excuse for poor AfD nominations. The rest of us revert vandalism...

500 various edits to the project since that time. I am pretty much a wikignome around here, editing quietly, fixing mistakes within articles, correcting...

advise. Accordingly, dear Andy, please join this WikiProject. Even if you wikignome within its scope only once in a blue moon, you will have helped build...

curious :-) Your work at Wikipedia is pretty good. I consider myself a wikignome as well, and thus are pretty warm towards those who spend their time stub...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

000 of those being mainspace edits. Even though he is a self confessed wikignome, he is not adverse to working on articles and has given valuable contributions...

Mercurywoodrose (talk · contribs) - chocolate, cheese, organic/slow food topics, and wikignome work on category structure, afd's, tagging articles for the project, etc...

and works in the areas of his choosing with clue and diligence. He is a wikignome, which is something I can relate to but also something we need as well...

this one. And it looks like that block will expire in a few days anyway. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 13:19, 30 October 2021 (UTC) I'm checking to see if there...

good to pair with Seward, above. Can probably trim blurb with a bit of wikignoming to toss clauses like "in his congressional service" and words like "firmly"...

applied to this AfD -- I've attempted to fix them, but if a full-time wikignome could check my work, that'd be wise. —Quasirandom (talk) 22:49, 29 September...

revert vandalism, assist newcomers, help resolve conflicts, or perform WikiGnome-like edits. If they're an administrator, they occasionally block vandals...

pages just clog up what-links-here lists etc and cause extra work for wikignomes (e.g. see page history of Wikipedia:World War II wikireader/articles)...

electing only to search the "Template" namespace). I self-identify as a WP:WIKIGNOME and so presumably am one of the "little imps and elves"; but I seem to...

but not always, they fly into the article and make the change. Like a WikiGnome, their edits are usually not noticeable unless checking through edit history...

00:38, 28 April 2013 (UTC) A script that smart AAAIIIEEEYYY would put us wikignomes out of a job. I feel sure that there would be industrial action. Thanks...

contributions to Wikipedia, and why? A: My best contributions have been WP:Wikignome work, and counter vandalism. 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing...

you had stub sorted something that I had edited. You are the archetypal Wikignome. It is a pity that more of your species don't make their voice heard at...

matters my editing is focused on. Since I became relatively active in wikignoming around redirects, I started to participate in the respective discussions...

good work, and while I understand what Daveydweeb is saying above me, Wikignomes are important too :) I would, however, advise you to up your talk and...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion to any nominees with less than/about...

increased his notability and brought him further into the limelight.ProWikignome (talk) 21:23, 20 May 2024 (UTC) Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion...

to see more article building and article creation. If one goes on for Wikignoming, one should try to do more of that than vandal reversion. Though most...

and why? A: I’m finding it difficult to pick one thing. As an avowed Wikignome, I often do multiple small things to many articles. I might fix the formatting...

album cover) and, well, here I am now :) Most of my early edits were WikiGnome stuff such as fixing typos and piping links. I started editing medicine-related...

example, like a WikiDragon, other times like a WikiKnight, a WikiSloth, WikiGnome, etc. A WikiPlatypus may look up to, and strive to be, one of the nobler...

UK tram systems, although not knowledgable (ie, no new articles!). A WikiGnome who can provide proof-reading/copy-editing/'informed opinions', if work...

since BDD and even me put a lot of thought into it, the job of a WP:WIKIGNOME, in an attempt to make it better. I don't have a single original thought...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

aberration. I would recommend that you continue reverting vandalism and in a wikignome role. In addition, I suggest making more substantial edits. There are...

fair treatment among all editors in the Wikipedian community, from the WikiGnome to the Wikiholic. The project was designed to foster a friendly and helpful...

though do dabble in some oldies... MarnetteD (talk · contribs) Mostly wikignome work. Also an interest in British film. MathewTownsend (talk · contribs)...

administrators' reading list. A: Over my time here, I've discovered the WikiGnome in me. Typo fixing, disambiguation pages with links, userboxes on userpages...

time rooting around your contributions and history. I see a lot of good wikignoming going on. There's good general tweaking of articles, like here and here...

good job, with some useful anti-vandalism work. You work is generally Wikignoming rather than major article work, and I didn't see anything that stuck...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be acceptable. My suggestion to any nominees with < 1000...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be acceptable. My suggestion to any nominees with < 1000...

faulted too much for following the sources so precisely; traditionally a wikignome comes along, figures out who it should be and quietly fixes the link....

categories, nominating for deletion inactive/redundant pages, and other wikignome tasks. One of the more time-consuming things I did involved creating and...

who may mature into other WikiFauna, such as the behaviorally similar WikiGnome. English Wikipedia is inhabited by both Old World and New World WikiDees...

important gaps and that there is a perennial need for copy editors and Wikignomes of all types. If you have the interest and expertise in any of these activities...

ethnography) 20:44, 26 March 2011 (UTC) Augwp (talk · contribs) (mainly wikignoming) 22:21, 25 April 2011 (UTC) Dentren (talk · contribs), interested in...

What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why? A: I'm more of a wikignome than an article writer, so I think my most useful contribution is the...

often compared, but they are generally shyer and less persistent. Where a WikiGnome will often stay at a task until it's completely and meticulously done...

Wikipedia:Task Center for brief guides. Legend: – Backlog is reduced and has WikiGnome activity in 6 months range – Backlog stays the same or not applicable...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

McMillen, "Meet the Ultimate Wikignome," Wired, February 3, 2015, https://www.wired.com/2015/02/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome/. William Jordan, "British People...

deletion backlog can also be quite busy so i'll work on that; i'm more of a wikignome than anything else and big flashy displays arent for me. I usually spend...

is someone who works best in areas that do require the tools-- a kind wikignome who cleans things up, a wise adjudicator who closes out deletion debates...

(UTC) per giant, werespiel and Imatthew. I do support Wikignomes, but you need a lot of wikignoming. Find some articles to expand. There are still notable...

(UTC) Disambiguate up until 2009, it was a disambiguation page, then Wikignome turned it into a redirect. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 06:53, 18 June 2011 (UTC)...

concerns the most urgent needs facing WPVG. Czar points out that many wikignoming activities are needed, whether it be speaking up at AfD or reviewing...

for context, although I am not Algerian nor have I ever been there, my wikignoming has led me to edit a LOT of machine translation on Algeria and the history...

However I find that it is better to balance between major, minor and wikignome edits and if you want to do the same it's completely up to you. If this...

Wikipedians! I have been editing since February of this year. I'm mostly a WikiGnome, although I have started and significantly expanded a handful of articles...

I'll agree Kylu is a bit of a wikignome though. Kim Bruning 01:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Since when is being a wikignome a bad thing? Cowman109Talk 02:21...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be acceptable. My suggestion to any nominees with about...

you are happy as an editor, continue as an editor. I am happy being a wikignome, even though I have had some offers to become an administrator. Being...

article count was not helped by Ikiroid calling most of his work that of "a wikignome or wikifairy". A great editor otherwise, however. —Mets501 (talk) 17:00...

Making templates is rewarding (see my user page), and so are various wikignome tasks. I loved setting up the Ethnic groups assessment and importance...

are in the highly visible areas. Nuts and bolts work is important too. Wikignoming isn't glamorous and bragging rights to bringing articles up to FA status...

appropriate gesture to render your (honest) opinion of the user in that forum. WikiGnome Kudos If a user's talk page is receiving a large number of thank-you messages...

that also goes towards CSD and AfD. The remainder is small stuff like wikignoming and the occasional actual content development. I find it difficult to...

case, the edit count summary is misleading. It seems clear that this wikignome will make good use of the tools, and has been very uncontroversial. Grandmasterka...

possibly unfree. Videmus Omnia Talk 12:06, 18 October 2007 (UTC) Image:Wikignome.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs) - uploaded by Ratiocinate (notify...

09:49, 15:55, 17 July 2007 (see deleted contributions) Except for a few wikignome-type edits, all the editing has focused on promoting A. Chidiac connected...

glaciers in particular). I also do some CSD and AFD work, as well as some wikignoming. My best conributions have been my DYK's that I have recieved, particuarly...

just add them in the right place in a rudimentary way and some helpful Wikignome will tidy them later. Chidgk1 (talk) 07:42, 14 July 2025 (UTC) Relisted...

repeatedly for a very long time. For one thing, there are Wikipedians (like Wikignomes) who are happy to help with content, but really don't want anything to...

2015 (UTC) Jtmorgan Hi! I'm a Seattle-based Wikipedia Researcher and a Wikignome. I read more than I edit, and I'm a sucker for articles related to history...

It sounds like a markup problem - which chunk of text is vanishing? Wikignome Wintergreentalk 17:08, 28 November 2021 (UTC) I fixed (some of?) the problem...

science, academics and technology." [quotation end.] Since I was just wikignoming and re-categorizing Kerala-related wikis, started Talk:Tom Aditya on...

dealing with him. But along the way, something changed. He was always a wikignome, always interested in biographical articles and early 20th century actors...

WikiReaders and WikiEditors. If a {{fact}} tag left by a WikiImp sparks a WikiGnome to locate a citation or a {{cleanup}} tag brings in a WikiFairy to edit...

contribute as a coordinator? Some enthusiasm and some time. As a natural Wikignome I actually enjoy some of the more repetitive or routine activities, so...

I uploaded their associated images. I've done a fair bit of general wikignoming, a bit of vandalfighting, a bit of WP:MFDing, a bit of WP:RfAing and...

in Cheyenne, Native American languages at Incubator. I'm working on Wikignoming and small edits, adding links, updates from Native American language...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be acceptable. My suggestion to any nominees with < 1000...

format references or tables—just plonk the information in an article and wikignomes will fix it. Occasional mistakes are not a problem. CIR means editors...

solve one :-) Xavexgoem (talk) 03:09, 24 June 2008 (UTC) I know you're a WikiGnome, but I suggest that you try to focus on article-building a bit more. You're...

(props to durin yet again for the chart). Anyway, you appear to be a good wikignome.... so I imagine you'll make a decent wikiadministrator :) Ryan Norton...

section-blanking? Some of the most "prolific" contributors might just be wikignomes who revert blanking vandalism. Powers T 12:32, 28 June 2012 (UTC) Yes...

some beautiful photographs, restructured a few times, and faithfully wikignomed by several copyeditors and reviewers. I believe it now accurately depicts...

image uploading on behalf of OTRS. It's very very varied work but I am a wikignome at heart so a lot of it will be working on backlogs of one sort or another...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion to any nominees with less than/about...

announced Oliveleaf4 (talk) 23:54, 13 January 2025 (UTC) Adding cites and wikignoming Treetopz (talk) - I have been editing on climate/environmental topics...

contribute as a coordinator? Some enthusiasm and some time. As a natural Wikignome I actually enjoy some of the more repetitive or routine activities, so...

contribs) Opm581 (talk · contribs) (AWB) If you prefer WikiGnome tasks and would like to receive WikiGnome-oriented updates on your talk page, please add your...

September 2005 (including a wikibreak in which I analyzed my time here). As a WikiGnome, I have accumulated a good edit history across several namespaces, especially...

finding open proxies, and done some more mainspace work. However, I am a Wikignome- in two years of being here, I have around 450 mainspace contributions...

problem myself, but in this case I have it on good authority that there are wikignomes who specialize in this kind of work, and the template will draw them quickly...

PDA articles, notably List of Palm OS Devices. However, I am mostly a WikiGnome. 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you...

topic. If I were TopGun, I would be very much inclined to walk away, wikignome elsewhere for a couple of months, and return refreshed, at which point...

Wikipedia:Editor review/Dreamafter2) and your recent RfA. I see a lot of great wikignoming going on. You seem to dedicate a lot of time to the project, and it seems...

in general. {{subst:The Wikignome Award|message ~~~~}} The WikiGnome award ---- For your small (but still useful!) wikignome edits without clamoring for...

have helped with 5 good articles relating to the area, though I tend to WikiGnome the contributions of others to the Yorkshire articles. I am also a member...

(talk) 23:23, 2 December 2014 (UTC) (shrugs) That it's an anon IP who does Wikignome work at AfD, and you gotta admit that 50 more AfD regulars'd be none too...

5 January 2009 (UTC) I'm gonna make an edit and move this article as wikignomes are coming by and removing links that are currently circular, but will...

as a coordinator of the project. I would definitely consider myself a WikiGnome with the vast majority of my edits going to the assessment of articles...

clearly not a new user. Some telltale signs: First 10 edits are minor wikignoming (e.g: whitespace removal/addition: [1] ; punctuation: [2] or empty ref...

widest sense. --Vamp:Willow 14:34, 3 May 2006 (UTC) Support.- We need more Wikignomes behind the admin scene.--Kungfu Adam (talk) 16:39, 3 May 2006 (UTC) Support...

this ratio is doing? P.S. I started tracking this, because one of my wikignoming jobs was the creation of surname articles. In doing this I've been consulting...

dysgu gymraeg. OwenBlacker 19:35, 28 January 2006 (UTC) General interest, wikignome. Shameful knowledge of y hen iaith, so please don't imagine I could translate...

Support - Seems good--$UIT 01:50, 30 March 2007 (UTC) Support Props to the wikignomes!--Xnuala (talk) 02:16, 30 March 2007 (UTC) Support --Agεθ020 (ΔT • ФC)...

described as having desirable traits of an editor who beautifies Wikipedia. A WikiGnome is described as having desirable traits of an editor who quietly attends...

February 13, 2015. https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad (accessed September 1, 2019) Bryce Peake. "WP:THREATENING2MEN:...

WikiFauna. For example, if an article needs cleanup, they will shift to WikiGnome-like behavior; if giant, bold edits are needed, they can become as large...

to do it yourself if you wish. By the way, thank you for your recent Wikignome edits, I really appreciate them. Cirt 10:03, 31 October 2007 (UTC).  Done...

participants and more demographic diversity among paricipants. Most of the WikiGnome work in the project is done by the same half-dozen or so "usual suspects"...

is a book everyone who contributes to Wikipedia should read — even the Wikignomes and devoted vandal fighters who aren't directly involved in creating content...

vote to keep or delete (on which I have no opinion yet), merely some wikignoming which for example removes "references" which are actually links to other...

and the culture Lemi4 (talk · contribs) - Umm... apa yah...? Generic Wikignoming I guess. Matahari Pagi (talk · contribs) - all, but got an eye on art...

on a single article up to FA status are to be valued, but so are the wikignomes, the referencers, the template makers, the photographers, and so are the...

page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 08:03, 22 January 2012 (UTC) File:Wikignome.edit sentence pane.png (delete | talk | history | links | logs) – uploaded...

"Israeli-Palestinian" crowd. Say, rather, that I'm a regular math editor/wikignome/AfD hangout (over 600 AfD edits in the past 6 months, I believe) who has...

Light can be and is used quite effectively - see Fiber-optic cable. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 13:24, 22 July 2021 (UTC) Very simply you can switch the...

is not added to the index; the recent edits to the index are mostly wikignoming (e.g. when an existing article has been renamed or deleted). Presumably...

editing such as cleanup and deletion. It's perfect for a jack-of-all-trades WikiGnome! The project's backlog only includes the months July and August of this...

the article side there are little more than stubs (though plenty of wikignoming other articles) Vatta's War is the longest though I can't take credit...

food/drink category (we're leaning toward Beef). I also do a fair amount of wikignome-type editing, from simple copyediting to structural changes, as well as...

and how will you deal with it in the future? A: As noted above, I'm a Wikignome, so I generally don't make edits that would likely be caught in a conflict...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be acceptable. My suggestion to any nominees with < 1000...

best contributions to Wikipedia, and why? A: As WTT points out, I'm a "wikignome". I like tidying up, and helping people out. I just do many little things...

Even after being on Wikipedia for 10 years and doing a good amount of wikignome work I find the process of dealing with multiple categories daunting (hint:...

some of the "obvious" and/or assumed procedures not so. As a natural Wikignome I actually enjoy some of the more repetitive or routine activities, so...

Wikimedian may 'treated' in that way again: In fact, being a long-year Wikignome, and from time to time author but not a Wikibuerocat, above mentioned...

raise any red flags but instead demonstrates the reliable and clueful wikignoming this project needs as well as content creators. To the opposing users...

start out the day by reading a little poetry! Wikignome Wintergreentalk 14:32, 18 July 2021 (UTC) @Wikignome Wintergreen: Looks perfect. Which browser are...

different to both other accounts, who seem to be vandal fighters and wikignomes (although not so succesful in Bridwaters case). The one aspect that Carol...

harsh, and I wrote articles to try to improve Wikipedia. I'm now solely wikignoming and clearing admin backlogs because I really don't see a place for me...

banned topic areas (see summary here). Since then, he's been a low-key, wikignome-type editor, averaging one or two edits per day in diverse topics. However...

to get more widely involved. This is not to disparage your work as a wikignome fixing things, your work with photos or your work on layout issues. Those...

WikiKnights know that without the WikiDragon, they would just be another WikiGnome, toiling away underground. And deep down, WikiDragons know they need the...

talk:Shari Garland (Russian Nuclear R & D) User talk:Shashenka "Resident Wikignome" User talk:Sheriff U3 (American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, WW1, WW2...

notable cards, where possible. DBishop1984 (talk · contribs) Generally wikignoming Deadbraincell (talk · contribs) has already done some work and will help...

protection side, I've been Twinkling, new page and recent edit patrolling, wikignoming, and reporting vandals and sockpuppets. On the content creation side...

in this topic area succintly. On tone, then that is easily fixed by wikignoming / copy editing if you see issues of that sort. It has been in Wikipedia...

to this revert. Most of the changes you do makes me believe you are a wikignome, someone who prefers to do small changes to a large amount of articles...

to encourage tortoise to keep it up, and not be discouraged by this. Wikignomes are people too. If you keep your nose clean and rack up a few thousand...

in general. {{subst:The Wikignome Award|message ~~~~}} The WikiGnome Award ---- For your small (but still useful!) wikignome edits without clamoring for...

I'd just like to say, outside of my statement, that I feel more like a WikiGnome than an editor. Questions Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there...

Wikipedia in that period. zzuuzz (talk) 16:58, 12 August 2006 (UTC) (wikignoming, interdisciplinary stuff, methodology, sociodemographics, economic, education...

Wikipedians tend to measure success differently. Some projects are good at wikignoming, some write a lot of articles, and some produce scholarly writing on...

talk pages, but if you do that, some wikignome turns up to delete the page. If you redirect the page, another wikignome turns up to delete the redirect because...

the less visible administration type work and am at heart a bit of a Wikignome. I frequently spend hours just tagging and assessing articles, adding...

necessarily obvious to the reader." Based on this I started doing a bit of wikignoming by adding USA after Virginia to articles in Category:Registered Historic...

and City of Heroes enemy groups could be improved a lot, but I like the wikignome work. —Quarl (talk) 2006-02-16 09:07Z Support Mihai -talk 21:58, 16 February...

currently have. He has made nearly 20,000 edits, and is a self-proclaimed wikignome. He doesn't have a bunch of FAs or GAs, but he's certainly a productive...

they're all compliant. --99of9 (talk) 12:26, 27 May 2013 (UTC) For any wikignomes out there, there's a bit of work to do to make the citation style consistent...

errors in both directions--hopeless drafts staying indefinitely because wikignomes make trivial changes, and promising ones get deleted because the original...

about, and what I see of your contributions sre good. You do useful Wikignoming, and also do good article work. With regards to RfAs, I'm sure that you...

help prevent similar issues arising in the future. Although I only did wikignoming in this topic area in the past, I have developed new editing interests...

the day of). Last-minute entries always accepted! The Joys of Being a WikiGnome or A Good Place for Newcomers to Start Out. I will present some articles...

personally or reflect on their psychology in any way, ranging from WP:WikiGnome cleanup edits to preservation of WP:Neutral point of view and deletion...

of his chosen WikiProjects and lacking the humble spirit that allows a WikiGnome to work across the breadth of Wikipedia without engaging with its content...

Christopher Ashley. And apparently posting as an IP, on top of all that. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 20:16, 22 September 2021 (UTC) and they've been blocked...

pleased? Why? My contributions to the project have largely consisted of Wikignoming and vandalism reversion. For a period over the summer, due to being out...

2008 (UTC) Djsasso (talk · contribs) - Djsasso is another one of those wikignomes who can do so much more with admin tools. He mainly works with Wikiproject...

(UTC) Seems like a noble effort, my only exception will have to be my wikignoming work on Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron/Current articles just to sort...

mostly signing up for the intersection between this group and being a WikiGnome... so I probably have less time for it than I think I do. 18:13, 8 October...

WP:VG's admin-editors, and you will often encounter him performing critical WikiGnome activities throughout the project. Read on to learn how he got started...

2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why? A: I'm a wikignome. I am not a huge article contributor, but I have done some content work...

the nomination. As I say in my answers to the questions, I'm mostly a Wikignome who has spent a lot of time reverting unconstructive edits and reviewing...

account that claims to be the subject himself, and a lot of trivial wikignoming. Which non-conflicted editors have made substantive contributions? Guy...

The Mediation Award The Spoilsport Award The Third Opinion Award The Wikignome Award Animals Bear Blenny Doggy Duck Ferret Fox Goldfish Kittens Kitten...

per JS. Editor is well known around RCP and until recently done alot of wikignome work at WP:AFC. Is generally polite and courteous and sure will be an...

think all of them that were not creating controversy. I am more of a WikiGnome myself and I often cleanup edits, try to make new pages created by newbies...

immediately. —C.Fred (talk) 21:38, 23 November 2021 (UTC) And now at Moon. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 21:36, 23 November 2021 (UTC) Diffs: Moon[326][327], the...

others to name here. This user's edits often carry on the category-related Wikignome work Cholga started. Specific edits include the readding of content originally...

Your assistance in improving a page is always welcome. If you're doing WikiGnome work (repetitive work such as adding the {{WikiProject International development}}...

afraid I'm not the best speech writer, but I'll have a go. I'm a closet wikignome - I work on many tasks with the best interests of the project in mind...

at restructuring and creating pages in the dentistry section. I also wikignome when I see anything on any of my wiki diversions and obsessively revert...

to know that this editor is cleaning things up for the project. As a wikignome myself this kind of thing is always appreciated. MarnetteD | Talk 16:41...

opinion, this AfD was inevitable, and probably best if an uncontroversial wikignome (and one who is happy to admit when they are wrong) kicks off. Keep it...

one foot out the door, who limit their contributions to things like Wikignoming or reverting vandalism because they're frustrated or burned out because...

concerns were raised about Liz's focus on noticeboard discussions and wikignome activity, and a perceived lack of content creation. In the words of one...

of Copy Editors; if you have good English skillz this is a place where wikignomes can thrive. Any help would be appreciated. Diannaa TALK 04:29, 26 March...

Portal bugs are getting dealt with soon after they are reported. Lots of wikignome activity (using Hotcat, etc.). Keep up the good work.    — The Transhumanist  ...

Got something to say? 07:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC) Sorry dude, you are a wikignome. You do not need rollback, just do it manually. Read this essay and see...

article writing, he has contributed by creating various pages/stubs and Wikignoming over articles like Delta Blues (horse), ASCII art, Spam (electronic)...

2009 (UTC) Boracay Bill -- I've been doing this sort of stuff as a WP:Wikignome and as a WP:ICU member. Sign me up. 00:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC) Borgardetalk...

Very interested in Cinema of China and B movies; probably doing a lot of Wikignome-type work. mgolaghaee (talk · contribs) Miguelemejia (talk · contribs)...

in the pornography addiction article and the statement that you are a wikignome. The comments in the pornography addiction article didn't come off as...

13, 2008; five years later, he had made 100,000 edits, mostly through wikignoming. As of this issue, he is the 52nd-most-active editor in Wikipedia. David...

keeping out of his 'hot button' articles, and had spent a lot of time wikignoming on biographical articles, and on early movie actors, etc. Time to bring...

this AfD opened. Even the most obscure articles get that from bots and wikignomes. So even if page hits were relevant, they would be speaking for non-notable...

statement that the matter had been discussed on the talk page. That's wikignoming, not edit warring. Wikidemon (talk) 03:26, 7 April 2009 (UTC) For your...

Black women February 2018 February 2018: Black women Mathematicians and statisticians Geofocus Island women Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative March...

for quite some time. Kralizec is a article writer, photographer, and wikignome with a wide breadth of experience with the project. I've worked with him...

detect a lot of "linty" old HTML 4 code in pages as you read, if you're a WikiGnome who likes to do cleanup. See meta:User:SMcCandlish/lint.css for a sample...

amount of work as it would get done eventually by a lot of nice little wikignomes. There's no requirement that the changes happen quickly. Also, I think...

by the description "large-scale, mechanical-like actions (wikignoming)" since I see wikignome as meaning something completely different, normally done...

about American history, but researching it engrossed me! I'm mostly a Wikignome, but once I start expanding/copyediting an article I tend to get obsessive...

2015 (UTC) Jtmorgan Hi! I'm a Seattle-based Wikipedia Researcher and a Wikignome. I read more than I edit, and I'm a sucker for articles related to history...

fairly simple thing to do, and anyone can do it. It's a straightforward wikignoming task that anyone with the page move tool and the edit tool can do. In...

Filipino Cinema and related articles. MarnetteD (talk · contribs) Mostly wikignome work. Also an interest in British film. Marqso (talk · contribs) I teach...

22:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC) Yes, but the flip side is that it's the wikignome's best friend as well. If you want to find random commas to fix, or random...

this one: [3] [4], and this one: [5] [6] [7] as well as the similar wikignome-like edits to a variety of disambiguation pages ([8] [9] [10]) is what...

likelihood of socking, and I think this is reasonable. There are a couple wikignomes that I chase around Wikipedia. They're annoying, they honestly think they're...

talk:Shari Garland (Russian Nuclear R & D) User talk:Shashenka "Resident Wikignome" User talk:Sheriff U3 (American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, WW1, WW2...

to deal with. Here's another reason to smile knowingly: as a certified Wikignome one of my favorite WP duties is finding and bypassing redirects in navbars...

some of the "obvious" and/or assumed procedures not so. As a natural Wikignome I actually enjoy some of the more repetitive or routine activities, so...

content creator, and that view will again be different than that held by a wikignome. This isn't a new observation, of course, but I'd just caution that you...

The Mediation Award The Spoilsport Award The Third Opinion Award The Wikignome Award Animals Bear Blenny Doggy Duck Ferret Fox Goldfish Kittens Kitten...

just 1? (-1) Has your Wikipedia contribution style/philosophy (e.g., WikiGnome, deletionism, inclusionism,*) shaped your real life personality and philosophy...

out-dated by a century! RadioKAOS: I am more interested in what is called WikiGnome-type work than in seeing that articles become GAs or FAs. Most of what...

Mercy11 (talk) 19:51, 9 January 2014 (UTC) (Non-administrator comment) Wikignomes typically don't create articles on their own. They tend to focus on cleaning...

contribs · email) 17:35, 29 September 2008 (UTC) Support. A valuable WikiGnome. Sensible comments. Axl ¤ [Talk] 17:56, 29 September 2008 (UTC) Weak Support...

reasons vary: sometimes it's a bot fixing double redirect, sometimes it's a WikiGnome using AWB or Twinkle to remove deprecated parameters, and sometimes (rarely)...

save Wikipedia articles - using the desktop application? How to attract Wikignomes? Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 28 How would I cite this journal...

keeping out of his 'hot button' articles, and had spent a lot of time wikignoming on biographical articles, and on early movie actors, etc. Time to bring...

2007 (UTC) Support I support 10 Pound Hammer's RFA. He is a tireless Wikignome in AFDs, even frequently noting, by a nonadmin closure, the speedy closing...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

assessing articles for MILHIST. I've also been guilty of quite a bit of wikignoming to tidy articles that cross my path and have regularly been involved...

December 2005 (UTC) Firefoxman (talk · contribs) – I am just a simple WikiGnome, having been somtimes guilty of "noobish" behavior, but I belive I am...

is just about providing options. As someone said below, Let's free the wikignomes. - 12:02, 13 October 2008 (UTC) Heh, you didn't have to double space every...

Ros0709 (talk) 16:44, 28 September 2008 (UTC) He also made two good wikignome edits 'by hand' as far as I can tell rather than using any tools, and...

Wikipedians (especially other WikiDragons). The more recent evolution of the WikiGnome and WikiFaeries/WikiZenMasters led to widespread persecution of WikiDragons...

Filipino Cinema and related articles. MarnetteD (talk · contribs) Mostly wikignome work. Also an interest in British film. Marqso (talk · contribs) I teach...

layout and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking#Overlinking and underlinking. WikiGnome A Wikipedian who makes minor, helpful edits without clamoring for attention...

support for numerous other articles through work with The FA-Team. On the wikignome side of things, my finest contributions have come as a coordinator of...

January 2008 Diff of 3RR warning: 00:59, 28 January 2008 One of the "wikignome" tasks I enjoy is improving the overall standard of the project by setting...

might as well as walk away from Wikipedia; I author articles, I’m not a wikignome where I just make spelling corrections on text that is in roman-only font...

count): Love cocktails; fascinated by the *old* ones from the 20s and such (wikignome; I'm here to tidy) Jeffrey Scott Maxwell (talk · contribs · count) - Interests:...

further. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 12:54, 3 November 2021 (UTC) Never mind, Hut 8.5 blocked them as I was posting this! Now that's service. Wikignome Wintergreentalk...

is spelling, grammar and wikilink redirect fixing in the first place: wikignome.) He also doesn't actually *talk* on the talk page, as you can see. Ogress...

(UTC) @XOR'easter: - I've resigned myself to mostly focusing on minor WikiGnome cleanup work for mostly this reason. I do use Wikipedia to hoover up articles...

matters my editing is focused on. Since I became relatively active in wikignoming around redirects, I started to participate in the respective discussions...

with the other stuff. This is also why I'm reluctant to help out with wikignoming activities such as wiki-linking. I'm prepared to do this for articles...

banned topic areas (see summary here). Since then, he's been a low-key, wikignome-type editor, averaging one or two edits per day in diverse topics. However...

would apply for adminship only if that didn't mean me to renounce to my wikignome status. And part of that means appearing just another user. I understand...

remove vandalism, make the text more professional and engaging, all the WikiGnome stuff! Try to make the text more readable and engaging to a wider audience...

working within the project. Self-noms based on technical needs (template Wikignomes and so on) are fine, but "make me a sysop, I'll block vandals and delete...

November 2021 (UTC) Not to mention apparently admitted WP:BLOCKEVASION. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 16:06, 25 November 2021 (UTC) I try to sumbit my article...

contribs) - updates, categories, templates, redirects, pretty much a wikignome Foxtrot620 (talk · contribs) Former human sexuality and development instructor...

Mercurywoodrose (talk · contribs) - chocolate, cheese, organic/slow food topics, and wikignome work on category structure, afd's, tagging articles for the project, etc...

often hands out rough justice. Now leave this thread & go do some more wikignoming, but do not add that {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} tag to any articles for...

encyclopedia! Keilanatalk 00:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC) You've got the wikignome userbox on your page; you might as well live up to it. </sarcasm> C'mon...

their interests. Or is a requirement now that all accounts start off with wikignome edits on unrelated articles? Carcharoth (talk) 18:49, 28 November 2007...

Mahveotm is silly enough to create two socks early on, is something of a wikignome with a lot of automated edits and a higher percentage of minor edits....

SandyGeorgia (talk · contribs) to improve the articles. However, he often focuses on "wikignome" work, for example changing this to this. He has also responded to third...

successful interaction with others. Some people try to be an unobtrusive Wikignome and do it wrong. Being invisible is a skill, as is reacting appropriately...

right back where we started, procedurally, for regular old editors and wikignomes, not knowing where the problems lie. I prefer the lighter-weight...

couple of articles, done quite a bit of category and other miscellaneous WikiGnome work. Could also do article assessment. Macarism (talk · contribs) (01...

Getting back to the AfD-related incivility, the user also snapped at a wikignome who was going about his business.[55] AlisonW wrote, while deleting a...

for around 500 edits. The editor could do minor fixes for a while like "wikignome" work and not edit any talk pages, policy pages, or any significant mainspace...

Wikipedia Wikipedia:Cleanup Wikipedia:Cleanup resources (WP:CR) Wikipedia:WikiGnome Specific articles with problems: Category:Wikipedia maintenance Category:Wikipedia...

doesn't seem to be hiding anything. The editor seems to be a typical wikignome, generally helpful and productive. He can be mildly snarky at times, [16]...

account was created in late October and immediately started making lots of WikiGnome edits.[11] The activity of this account shows that it's either an alternate...

one warning on their talk page from Josiah Rowe referring to this. As a wikignome I have no idea where to begin to try and have this editor's contributions...

Fibonacci (talk) – Well, I'm a participant in the Spanish version too... Wikignomes F3RN4ND0 Pascaweb Thank you for your help! This is a list of members who...

speedy deletion. Second, to explain how I did find the article. I'm a Wikignome, of the Category Gnome subvariety. I do a lot of work on categories, cleaning...

editor's other recent activity to see if it's a pattern, is only good wikignoming. The problem here is that Jojhutton's edits are not clearly wrong, so...

Woody (talk) 12:08, 14 March 2009 (UTC) Support - Excellent reviewer and wikignome. You have my full support. Cam (Chat) 22:06, 14 March 2009 (UTC) Support...

option. --NaBUru38 (talk) 22:08, 12 January 2016 (UTC) Oppose various wikignome projects that I have worked on are far easier to proceed with by using...

work has enhanced it (technical, content, artistic, graphic, research, Wikignomes, vandal fighters) and whose voices are listened to more than those who...

care to take steps in a slow edit war I ran into while doing my usual wikignoming on Category:Animal rights activists. There seems to be a valid content...

acquires knowledge of policy & demonstrates it. Most of the article work is wikignoming. You need to branch out, and take your time. go slower and do bigger...

and subways ✝ barbieapologist (talk) 06:44, 25 March 2026 (UTC) mostly WikiGnome activities, especially interested in SEPTA, Amtrak, and USPS Packerfan386...

more that it's simply a sloppy admin action. We have workpages for the Wikignomes to "go to it". If you feel the need to speedy delete a category, but don't...

2019 (UTC) Actually, the above are top 000A-0002 ways to wikiTroll a wikiGnome. A random Wikipedian will not even frown. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:45, 2...

people's personal book projects which are occasionally fixed up by a passing wikignome. To illustrate this let's have a look at the user experience for finding...

ways to help projects and individual editors. There are a lot of little Wikignome tweaks that make life easier for other editors. There's so much value...

very good algorithm seems needed to do it right: it requires avoiding wikignomes doing copyediting, but including whoever are responsible primarily for...

by persistently creating make-work sub-stubs. There are a number of wikignomes who look out for things like uncategorised articles, and Boleyn is knowingly...

privileges merely in order to be a WikiGnome. Uncle G (talk) 01:13, 14 April 2009 (UTC) One probably shouldn't be wikignoming talkpage archives, if I understand...

July 2007 (UTC) I've left the editor a message inviting some coaching. Wikignoming is not inherently bad, you know, and this energy to make formatting changes...

displayed on their pages, similar to what the {{tfd-inline}} template does. Wikignomes casually reading through articles could then spot images in peril and...

would, however, try to merge such an update into a cleanup/copyedit/wikignoming of the rest of the article if possible. As for potential blocking, now...

suggesting that when you wikignome, don't make a task that requires only 5 edits turn into 500. If you are only interested in wikignoming, why do you need the...

Ched :  ?  23:00, 6 April 2012 (UTC) [1.][2.] Great Helpa, wonderful Wikignome, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:33, 13 April 2012 (UTC) back to work 7 October...

May 2016 "Cuchullain moved" 1381 1022 Y Arjayay 15 May 2016 tireless Wikignome 1383 1023 Y · by Sainsf Allreet 16 May 2016 Bob Dylan songs 1384 1024...

on. Twelve months here, fifty articles started, 3GAs, 5DYKS, multiple Wikignoming AND vandal-fighting is all too much AND that for free. Enough insults;...

researched and created the TM 170 article. Most of my work, however, will be WikiGnome-type stuff. XXShrekPurpleXX (talk · contribs) 15:49:45, 29 August 2020...

latter group. He has been for a long time constantly and tirelessly wikignoming in the background to ensure that readers can find what they need and...

commitment to and understanding of Wikipedia policy in admin candidates. Wikignoming and rolling back vandalism are great, but they don't require the tools...

which a good chunk of them would fall under the "vandalism fighter" and "wikignome" categories. But when I come across articles in dire need of attention...

providers, image- and map-makers, copy editors, reviewers, MoS gurus, wikignomes, specialists and generalists... you're sure to find a job that suits you...

description: why is the writer of several GAs better qualified than a "wikignome" to perform the many essentially wikignomish tasks on our many backlogged...

Eliz joined us just over a year ago in October 2006 and started off as a wikignome and vandal fighter par excellence. However, it wasn't long before she...

which, if they are who they claim to be, would be a further COI issue. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 14:13, 30 September 2021 (UTC) @Stephen Robertson: To...

refuted by sampling my contributions. I write few articles, but coding and wikignoming are valid ways to be HERE. Certes (talk) 15:23, 22 November 2019 (UTC)...

stumbled into this article various times in the course of my regular wikignome activities. Today again, because of an incorrect reference error (see...

somewhere else... Definitely can't solve it myself: usually I only do wikignome code edits on this wiki. Sorry if this is not the right place. InternetowyGołąb...

while logged out. A quick review of their contribs shows a dedicated wikignome with lots of good work and no apparent ulterior motive, so rather than...

it is unfortunate that he was for comments made at me, just a humble wikignome. I'd suggest unblocking. However, if blocking me in return will make things...

which you are particularly pleased, and why? A. Well, I'm basically a Wikignome, so I can't claim to have written any brilliant articles by myself. I...

relate drinking experiences) marginal at best. Some marginal edits and wikignoming don't give a free pass. But what you seem to be harping on more than...

this, now would I? I remove unsourced material every day as part of my wikignome/wikifairy duties, and I've never had an editor of 4 years challenge the...

doesn't mention such an option, and I can't find an example of it anywhere. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 16:29, 9 December 2021 (UTC) @Shipsmasthub: Are you using...

different people had already explained to you that this is uncontroversial wikignome work before you brought the matter to an administrative noticeboard. Now...

browsers). עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 07:58, 24 September 2009 (UTC) I often wikignome around old protected user talk pages, and I agree these pages can be a...

with the Wikipedia Biography Project and began exposing myself to the wikignome culture of Wikipedia. At first I stuck to the simple assessment of biographical...

enthusastic, and making some number of mistakes due to editing too fast) wikignome. In any case, there probably isn't any need for admin intervention here...

write posts, I had to stand by and watch a prolific and hard-working Wikignome hounded into retirement. Today I had more time, so after severeal hours...

malformed? Carcharoth 13:44, 1 October 2006 (UTC) Ah. I think I spy a wikignome busily correcting malformed AfD pages! :-) Carcharoth 13:46, 1 October...

knowledgeable, and skillful in images, while, the other one here is a Wikignome, and is an active RfA participant. He had also stated that he "was not...

several weeks ago and has already had some useful contributions from wikignome Worldtraveller. I would like some help to impprove the quality of this...

content, not necessarily all in one article. I find a large number of "Wikignome" type edits to be helpful. My suggestion would be to withdraw and try...

should have substantial content creation experience. But we need the wikignomes too, and this user's gnoming work has been very helpful. Montanabw(talk)...

I'm mostly just a lurker in the more drama-laden parts of Wikipedia. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 14:03, 9 October 2021 (UTC) I've sprotected. Not sure...

were copied directly from the thesis text. I had been doing my usual wikignoming and adjusted a few things. My first experience of Weiterbewegung's attitude...

course of action. Now if you guys don't mind, I'd like to continue my "Wikignoming" in peace. - Norse Am Legend (talk) 19:47, 14 April 2009 (UTC) Your "intelligent...

(UTC) What I meant was, it would be reasonable to ask those who do the Wikignoming (i.e. spade work) of preparing the day's FA, to make local copies of...

something I certainly support, but we don't have all the facts -- the wikignoming is a total non-issue for me, but the IP edit to a community discussion...

suggesting that instead of following established guideline WP:NOTRED whilst Wikignoming, I infact wrote it! User added this text to essay Wikipedia:Navigation...

see getting bent out of shape. There are lots of editors who thrive on Wikignoming tasks, including the conversion and formatting of bare-URL references...

pages {{User wikipedia/WikiGnome|1}} This editor is a WikiGnome. linked pages {{User wikipedia/WikiGnome|2}} This editor is a WikiGnome. linked pages {{User...

number you give is very low. That's mostly the noise caused by bots and wikignomes. SpinningSpark 08:27, 1 September 2019 (UTC) For reference, WP:INTERESTING...

disclosed his conflict of interest. I am a anon user who generally performs wikignome activities, primarily stubbing and copy-edits by solely using the Random...

think he's helping there. Other work is much less contentious, a lot of wikignoming. Oh, and if the IP edit can be confirmed as Wikidea? Then reinstate the...

15:39, 15 April 2013 (UTC) Ritchie333 is completely right. I as decliner (wikignome is my alternative public account) think that this article has a chance...

of these old pages without the use of a bot. Throw a handful of admin wikignomes at the backlog and it'll get done eventually. As long as pages that are...

unpatrolled pages than you will elsewhere. I'd say that's a goldmine for wikignomes who want to boost their AFD-count! ;-) Even if some pages get marked as...

2009 (UTC) Move along, nothing to see here. No vandalism occuring, just Wikignoming.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.30.130.162 (talk) 20:16...

responsibility for your edits where they involve other editors. Sloppy wikignoming is one thing, harassing experienced editors over it to the point of wasting...

Bugs' more polite cousin. But really, I do a lot of article patrol and wikignoming... those threads have resulted in dozens of blocked sockpuppets, a bunch...

harassment. Please be aware that many editors are highly irritated by trivial wikignoming, as shown at François Robichon de La Guérinière in this edit. The changes...

thousands of articles we’ve worked on may not have everything we ever wikignomed on our watchlists. An adequate-if-not-great article by a banned sock can...

problem blocking Mindbunny. I imagine the count would be higher. I was wikignoming today until this began. Bunny doesn't do any real & positive editing...

a personal attack that criticizes the editor, rather than the edit. Wikignoming incremental issues is part of the project. Why shouldn't we encourage...

to a week. This editor's edits aren't all unproductive, I see a lot of Wikignome work with typo fixes, etc. But those little fixes don't outweigh the continuous...

appropriate gesture to render your (honest) opinion of the user in that forum. WikiGnome Kudos If a user's talk page is receiving a large number of thank-you messages...

Wikipedia good looking. I like to help with vandal fighting, do some Wikignoming, and contribute some music samples to articles here and there. Mostly...

expanding and referencing these units, but in the process, I've done a bit of WikiGnome work, which strikes me as an attribute for a coordinator. I've pretty...

I've awarded threeMalaysian barnstars of national merit: one to a quiet wikignome and the other two to editos who got Malaysian articles to FA or GA status...

meticulous way, being quietly aided and encouraged by Graham87, the musical wikignome. Wikipedia has all the advantages of multimedia and for some readers audio...

HurricaneMichael2018 (talk · contribs) Itsfullofstars (talk · contribs) - Wikignome who dabbles in some article creation/expansion James Denesuk (talk · contribs)...

any sanctions per Constant314. The time sink is not someone doing WP:WIKIGNOME work such as this, the time sink is discussions such as this. There's...

don't have time to resolve the problem yourself so it's teaspoon time. Wikignomes, to your gnome-mobiles! Thanks for finding them, excellent work.--TS 00:57...

article in question since late last month. On the outside this looks like a wikignome who finally decided to create his first article though it is strange that...

more traditional admin things, like fighting vandals, deletion and such (WikiGnome work), before I agree to support. (I know that I could just wait and not...

The user-impact could be anything from the existence of a new tag that wikignomes would then use to add time awareness to articles all the way to logic...

userboxes This user is a member on the English Wikipedia. This editor is a WikiGnome. This user enjoys reading The Signpost. This user enjoys taking care of...

pattern 01:58, 29 June 2021 (UTC) Hilo - in his defence - is an excellent wikignome type editor, beavering away at minor points and things that need to be...

they can be persnickety with a vengeance. It's a bit of tyranny of the wikignomes. 3) Agreed that CFD is esoteric and relatively trivial piece of Wikipedia...

been doing. I do not have a very high edit count (as I am not much of a WikiGnome generally). On Wikipedia, I generally edit articles about video games...

versed on the nitty gritty and background. Potentially they could do wikignome stuff, but why limit that to pornography?--Crossmr (talk) 13:19, 22 September...

leave it at that. Eluchil404 20:20, 24 July 2006 (UTC) Support An AfD Wikignome who has courage to speak his (?) mind, and expressed very sound opinions...

His two edits are entirely noncontroversial (they are both, in fact, Wikignome-type edits). The article itself is noncontroversial and stable - no edit-warring...

rounded enough. Also there's the lack of work in the article space. As a Wikignome who's only created one article, my standards probably could not be lighter...

editing I discovered tools like AWB, Huggle and soon enough I became a Wikignome. I grow older and started to learn English and I remember that I looked...

Jobs episodes, and List of Deadliest Catch episodes. I try to do various Wikignome things after reverting vandalism like adding Infoboxes to vandalized high...

and markup, and in general help share the burden of otherwise tedious Wikignoming tasks. People are trying to help you. Stop assuming that they aren't...

Jauerback has blocked the named account on the basis of their username. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 22:05, 22 September 2021 (UTC) The discussion above is...

net positive for Wikipedia: I will certainly improve many articles, by wikignoming, i.e. fixing punctuational and grammatical errors, if by no other means...

Congressional Black Caucus); no real content addition but some half decent wikignome activity; nothing outrageous. Really not sure what to make of it. WaggersTALK...

need work where they can go & effectively be left alone. Or settle for wikignoming.) And if someone points to you or me that there is a problem with our...

September 2010 (UTC) Keep removing PC from articles to add it back is not wikignoming, it's wasting time.--Terrillja talk 20:42, 20 September 2010 (UTC) Keep...

at the start. Looking over the contribs, I see an editor who has been Wikignoming for a couple of years, but started on a binge of massive "citation needed"...

vandals and people who revert vandals. If someone who is normally a WikiGnome actually added a source in some instances, sadly I couldn't realistically...

request a non-admin closure and move on. Try to find another topic to Wikignome for a while. When things cool off, they can always go back and start a...

Think you should also know if you don't already that I'm about 95 farts Wikignome and 5 parts other, and it takes a lot less for us to think we're being...

contributions to CD-related articles are few, and while I have no problem with wikignoming at random articles, when they begin to annoy the regulars (who know what...