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...

DYK. RfA. RfC. TfD. RfD. AfD. Participation was not an obligation. Pure Wikignomes were not encouraged to participate. The talk page header for this movement...

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

Wikipedia a go to place for information. I appreciate your efforts! Hey WikiGnomes! I have been using Wikipedia for over a decade & as a lover of Knowledge...

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

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

Shortcut WP:LUSERWP:LUSER WikiGnomes are users who do thankless menial tasks such as fixing disambiguation links, sorting stubs, reverting vandalism, tweaking...

example, Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists is incredibly out of date.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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

article. I myself am one, so don't feel it is an insult or anything. WikiGnomes are necessary, because they do things other editors (interested more in...

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

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

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...

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

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....

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...

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

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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

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....

enough to do, you might consider some of those projects most appealing to wikignomes, like Wikipedia:Cleanup, Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation or Wikipedia:WikiProject...

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...

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...

Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes. To self advertise, you can: Add a userbox: {{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}, which automatically puts you in the WikiGnome category Categorize...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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

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)...

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

their status as WikiGnomes is at Category:Wikipedian WikiGnomes. To self advertise, you can: Add a userbox: {{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}, which automatically...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

articles for deletion in Q6a. Some people are content builders, some are Wikignomes and I am one of the latter. Some people are inclined to write GAs, FAs...

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...

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

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...

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...

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'...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

articles. WikiFairies are considered essentially friendly creatures, like WikiGnomes and WikiElves, and unlike WikiTrolls or WikiOrcs. The list of Wikipedians...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

when a group of WikiGnomes and WikiFairies allegedly gathered around by a campfire and told stories to one another. One of the WikiGnomes made up the story...

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...

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...

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...

treasure of an article or page. Random-page patrollers are usually also WikiGnomes. If you wish, you can add your name to the list of RP Patrollers. Wikipedia:Random...

and frequently attempt to help the site by making small edits, like WikiGnomes. Despite their benevolence, they manifest a significant tactical disadvantage...

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:...

WikiGnomes and Bigfoot: Andrew McMillen's February 3 profile of and his quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase "comprised of" has been one of the most widely...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

alongside WikiGnomes and WikiFairies, to whom they are often compared, but they are generally shyer and less persistent. Where a WikiGnome will often...

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...

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...

(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...

abused. (aeropagitica) 19:57, 14 May 2007 (UTC) Support I'm glad to have wikignomes around - hate to think what the place would look like without them. Give...

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

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...

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...

to the questions above concern me, I would tend to sway to oppose, but wikignomes may be neccesary in the future, especially with the upgoing rates of vandilism...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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?...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

WikiShepherds for articles. WikiFarmers are friendly with WikiFae, particularly WikiGnomes and WikiEnts, and will sometimes hire WikiHunters as groundskeepers to...

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...

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...

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)...

contributions beyond the count --Pumpmeup 00:24, 31 October 2007 (UTC) Support. Wikignomes rule! Seriously, seems well suited and able. Pigmanwhat?/trail 02:13,...

if a mistake is made. WikiJanitors, although having both the traits of WikiGnomes and WikiGoons, do like attention. Their favorite foods are cheeseburgers...

poor reference citations or spelling mistakes, doing the work of a dozen WikiGnomes in the space of a day. WikiDragons usually ignore such menial tasks unless...

WikiGnomes United is a new, global community-oriented user group that aims to provide outreach and assistance to individuals and organizations interested...

Thanks. I appreciate the feedback! Neranei 14:39, 7 July 2007 (UTC) I love wikignomes (I'm one myself). However, you just don't show enough participation in...

correcting grammar, adding wikilinks, and overall wordsmithing to WikiElves, WikiGnomes, and other WikiFauna creatures. WikiDragons typically fall into one of...

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 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"...

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...

their tendency to prune and protect previous homes, like WikiKnights and WikiGnomes/WikiFairies. Behavior attributed to the WikiNomad includes (but are not...

and this user has no red flags, from my perusal of contribs; second, Wikignomes hold the project together, and as more of a writer/major rewriter (dragon)...

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...

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...

good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own In the media WikiGnomes and Bigfoot Featured content The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

trustworthy. I can't agree on everything with everybody. We can use more wikignomes. Bearian 17:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC) Support. Good answers to the questions...

appreciate WikiOtters. They also have a strong dislike for trolls, and like WikiGnomes. And they also respect WikiPuppies, trying to encourage them into building...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It's one of those essential but hidden projects home to a number of WP:WikiGnomes, who quietly come around with their tools and fix those small mistakes...

inclination. WikiSloths will respect, but not feel much kinship with, WikiGnomes, because the latter carry out what appears to resemble work. They may...

Fsotrain09 18:39, 27 September 2006 (UTC) Reviews I am rather friendly towards wikignomes, although it is almost offensive to call you one! Contrary to many other...

utterly dependent on the most benevolent creatures in the Wikiverse: WikiGnomes, WikiFairies, and WikiElves. Of all the fauna native to Wikipedia, the...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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:...

real work of improving Wikipedia to other users, such as WikiDragons, WikiGnomes and WikiFairies. Some WikiImps hire WikiMercenaries to do their work for...

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...

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

just a few dozen per day;[1] right down in the noise caused by bots and wikignomes. In fact, traffic has tripled as a result of this AfD, but is still insignificantly...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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)...

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

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...

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

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...

what. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:16, 7 May 2011 (UTC) Done already by wikignomes.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 22:39, 10 May 2011 (UTC) Support. I usually stick...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

unglorified work, so most likely such oversights are simply caught by WikiGnomes in the course of their other activities. If you are a WikiJackal and wish...

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...

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

non-contributors as well if any of them saw his behaviour. We have all kinds of wikignomes that are here, have been here, and will come in the future. There is no...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

have their own personal ones. WikiKnights most of the time blend in with WikiGnomes but show their true colours at the appearance of a rampaging WikiDragon...

Cowman109Talk 02:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC) It is for an RfA candidate. While I value WikiGnomes as editors and friends, it shows an preoccupation with the insignificant...

frequent reports of all bad links to WP:Disambiguation (DAB) pages, and WP:WikiGnomes try to fix them. However, there is no bot which records WP:Blue links...

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

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...

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...

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

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

Canada @ 150 edit-a-thon campaign Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros WikiGnomes United Florida Librarians of Wikipedia Santa Rosa County Wiknic Wikimedia...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

at least parenthetically. Worry less about the formatting (Wikifairies/wikignomes will fix formatting issues for you) than just getting the reference information...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

the WikiBadger digs out and cleaning up messes left by the WikiCanids. WikiGnomes almost never have trouble sharing space with WikiBadgers, and may even...

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

Maureen Baker, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, said WikiGnomes of the world, unite and take over: In Medium, author Andrew McMillen profiles...

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...

stand corrected about GA (shame on me) and would gladly support if the wikignomes visit at midnight and remove a few weeds from this lovely garden. DurovaCharge...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

areas who drop in to contribute on a particular topic and then leave, WikiGnomes making minor corrections throughout the project, etc.) making up more...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ACRs from back in December would likely still be open. One of the best wikignomes around. Cam (Chat) 03:28, 17 March 2010 (UTC) Support - Excellent administrative...

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

Support. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:33, 28 September 2014 (UTC) Another great Wikignome.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:13, 28 September 2014 (UTC) Peacemaker67 (talk ·...

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...

content experience. Although the user is a self-identified wikignome, unlike many wikignomes, I see a solid record of contributing personal sweat and intelligent...

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...

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...

posts. Besides, some people make better writers, and some make better Wikignomes. There's a place (and a need) for people with all sorts of skills here...

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...

this case except for the speedy deletions. Still, good contribs and wikignoming is after my own heart's desire. Plus an obviously sincere effort to improve...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

encyclopedia's enormous breadth and range, and people (newcomers too, not just wikignomes) generally find it fascinating. Chick Bowen 03:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)...

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

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...

requires no alternative text.) (id 23) pre-expansion (id 28) Editors (mostly WikiGnomes) are going around Wikipedia working to clean up lint errors, which are...

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...

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

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...

granted the sysop status. While I am glad you help out vigorously in many "Wikignome" activities, bestowing sysop capabilities to someone who is only going...

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...

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...

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....

and an arbcom motion to limit his ability to do it. How many productive wikignomes can say that? As to the violations being intentional, that is the explanation...

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...

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...

was pleased to see the restriction go away was that I was one of the wikignomes who regularly tidied up after people renaming articles at AFD whilst they...

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

editions of Wikipedia," or categorization, similar to what Wikipedians call WikiGnomes. Characterized by having more than 60% content edits, and the non-content...

September 2009 (UTC) Support - Knowledgeable user. We need more admin wikignomes (as evidenced by CAT:AB). Killiondude (talk) 04:17, 19 September 2009...

changed as the Kyoto Protocol has finished. Might the “cleanup” tag attract Wikignomes or is there a better way do you know? Chidgk1 (talk) 19:10, 27 January...

(UTC) Support - I see nothing controversial, and I'm quite partial to Wikignomes. Wisdom89 (T / C) 18:54, 29 September 2008 (UTC) Support Nothing that...

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...

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...

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...

Walker (talk) 22:20, 13 August 2018 (UTC) Another factor might be the wikignome edit on 1st April to delete quotes from cites. After discussion on the...

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...

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...

(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)...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

November 2006 (UTC) Support. Zaxem 00:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC) Support WikiGnomes tend to make excellent admins as they are not usually drawn into situations...

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...

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

they edit. WikiFairies are considered to be basically friendly, like WikiGnomes. See also § WikiOgre. Wikify To format using § Wiki markup (as opposed...

joking aside, I think Beland's one of our best janitors and (fellow) Wikignomes. On a given day, the name Beland probably shows up on your watchlist,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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:...

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...

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...

blocked. ( I would have fully templated, but I'm less bold than some.) Wikignomes constructively here, here, and here show understanding of article building...

Thank you. We're at 66 members, with more joining daily. We even have 6 WikiGnomes! I have awarded Certes with a portals barnstar on his talk page for his...

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

Some are part of the problem. And some try to fix it. They are known as WikiGnomes. While their edits are not generally received with fanfare or applause...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

already. -- Colin°Talk 10:52, 11 September 2020 (UTC) If there actually wikignomes were frequently editing these pages, then I'd have more sympathy for that...

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

that people get so passionate about the details. It's like, war of the wikignomes! - Wikidemon (talk) 00:39, 20 December 2009 (UTC) I must point out that...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

WikiGnomes because they aren't on your particular vision of what the "straight and narrow" is, you will end up losing the benefit of the WikiGnomes'...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

are better off with his edits than without them. We can leave it to the Wikignomes to wikify the links. -- Avi (talk) 15:02, 19 August 2015 (UTC) Just to...

keeping the article.[12] - Jehochman Talk 14:20, 16 November 2007 (UTC) Wikignoming- Well, I had to start somewhere, and this seemed the easiest place to...

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

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]...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The cleanup work of WikiGnomes becomes more important after the content added by substantive experts has improved an article's quality...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

(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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

but it is not always to be trusted. We have those admins who are pure Wikignomes that wield their tools very well, and we also have those who are fantastic...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

people! Moneyman (guest) 9:52 October 29 2006 I'd like to thank all the WikiGnomes and WikiFaeries that worked on Hallowe'en, even though it was their night...

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...

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

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...

with just one edit. But I am proud to stand tall as a WikiGnome. Please note that "WikiGnomes nevertheless still need to be told from time to time that...

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...

BWV 525–530 was still under construction. Indeed User:Graham87, who wikignomes on articles, had assisted me at an early stage and apologized for making...

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...

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...

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...

research on social roles in online community, and highlighted the role of Wikignomes. I am not sure how many will chose to act on their awareness of Wikipedia...

someone who is here to build an encyclopedia wouldn't interfere with wikignomes who fix the formatting for you. Guidelines say a valid remedy is to ignore...

and its use in official classification)). I also make lots of work for wikignomes and bot when I work, fixing bare refs and redirects and typoes en masse...

Due to it being time for the football transfer rumours again, a lot of football-related articles are getting hit with a mixture of well-meant but problematic...

been edited by Carlos, bots, WikiGnomes, vandals and people who revert vandals. If someone who is normally a WikiGnome actually added a source in some...

another random shortdesc adder. This has become a popular activity with wikignomes because it gives you a low-effort way to inflate your edit count. It's...

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

need the vandal patrollers to keep the bad guys in line; and we need the wikignomes to categorize, add maintenance tags and otherwise take care of the clerical...

2022 (UTC) They appear to be fixing lint errors, a task undertaken by wikignomes and which is generally a good thing. -- Malcolmxl5 (talk) 10:22, 20 October...

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...

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...

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"...

recent section that you created toward the bottom of this page[30], "wikignomes" like Damiens do not create articles, but contribute to the project in...

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...

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...

occasionally clashes between editors who monitor particular articles and wikignomes who move between articles, and onlookers generally divide into two camps...

The GMO articles have been very roiled as of late, as Prokaryotes, who wikignomes these articles, showed up again recently and started editing very aggressively...

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...

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...

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...

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...

that the parser can't fix automatically is tagged by the wp:linter for wikignomes to fix up. If you're referring to edits that make no changes to the rendered...

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

constructive contributions have generally been vandalism reverts and wikignoming. In other words, I can't help but feel that either PoW or his mentors...

say nothing. We can get the point that he is somehow frustrated about wikignomes and the MOS. It happens. And Meryl Streep is way over-rated. Dicklyon...

content building. That's probably ok if you work on creating stubs or do wikignoming type work. If instead you wish to work at the other end of the spectrum...

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...

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...

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...

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...

suspicion that all of them might end up being the same mixture (some wikignoming, quite a bit of synthesis, and quite a lot of linking to his synthesis...

few months, at the very least :) Or how about when you are doing some wikignoming, like AutoEd or article quality assessment on a new article feed or a...

edit articles to make them compliant with WP:MOS - this is standard wikignoming and not a personal reflection on Subzzee's edits or obvious content expertise...

article (because it was automatically watchlisted as a result of some wikignoming), I have seen how this evolved, and as such I reluctantly support a topic...

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...

that most of our editors are IP editors, and that most of them are WP:Wikignomes, and not vandals. That said, this editor shows a concerning persecution...

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

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...

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...

(see WikiGnome and WikiFairy) and they find articles needing attention through these categories and tags. In practice, there are not enough WikiGnomes and...

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

December 2015 (UTC) Comment: Account less than two months old and minor wikignoming edits to a few other articles aside, most of this editor's work has been...

rights, people can collect user space protection. I have seen useful wikignoming of user pages, in fact I've done it. Obviously anyone who substantively...

course your single edit to the article I linked was just good-faith wikignoming! These ANI reports will continue to go nowhere when such blatant gotcha...

probably the contribution I'm most pleased about). Apart from this and wikignoming, I also collaborate actively with WP:PNT, although I've only translated...

issues. An AE admin made it clear that I am permitted to do style edits (wikignoming) of Wikipedia articles generally, so long as I don't discuss the edits...

difficult and acrimonious "wars" on WP and can be extremely disruptive to Wikignoming. A stable MOS is the foundation on which the standards of the entire...

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...

editing in some other areas. This does not require specialist knowledge - wikignoming is for everybody. Guy (Help!) 10:43, 16 September 2015 (UTC) The following...

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...

one or two editors, readily active in the article of interest (probably wikignomes), who have done no edit warring whatsoever and are willing to discuss...

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...

Thanks for the quick response, and have a good weekend. Thanks for wikignoming. A. C. Santacruz ⁂ Talk 11:38, 3 October 2021 (UTC) @A. C. Santacruz:...

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...

destroys that. The other editor I can think of in this vein is basically a Wikignome, and about 80% of his edits are constructive, while the other 20% are...

work on 12 articles today (as of this writing) and did only helpful wikignoming edits, (one I reverted per MOS but is was still in good faith). I'd basically...

that he has generally solid judgement and is good at the much-needed wikignoming tasks that require the mop. Polite and thoughtful in his responses. Montanabw(talk)...

and making the coordinates appear both inline and title. This is my Wikignoming. People should appreciate other people's efforts to make the encyclopedia...

manage to get it up to FA status, I would like to at least continue making Wikignome formatting edits as I did here. --Captain Occam (talk) 03:17, 8 July 2018...

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...

all of the backlogs. - People who perform cleanup tasks are known as WikiGnomes. - There was a "Spring Cleaning" day proposed awhile back, but the page...

to do with the dispute behind it. The only loss for me will be some wikignoming, article work. The process work will not only not suffer, it will probably...

time anymore. My edit behaviour since I was topic banned is my normal "wikignome" edit behaviour that I had for many years on different wikiprojects before...

had been languishing for a very long time at WP:PNT, which is where I wikignome. I contacted everyone listed as a Ukrainian or Russian translator before...

one to talk to people. What I can tell from his edits, most are good wikignome type edits, and he seems quite good at it. Of course, if there is a reason...

would be homophobic on-wiki again, especially considering that they're a Wikignome, so, I'm still completely unsure what this block was meant to achieve...

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...

the above talk page is a different account, Abhivadhyah (with an "h"). Wikignome Wintergreentalk 23:51, 20 March 2021 (UTC) As an uninvolved editor, I...

list. If I am left unblocked, I will restrict my edits of Wikipedia to wikignoming activities such as fixing broken urls (I notice those often). My wish...

IHTS' involvement on Wikipedia at this time, so it would seem to me that Wikignoming by proxy via their talk page is directly contrary to that. As an aside...

person but a collective of users). Russavia has been doing a lot of wikignoming work for WP:Russia project. Unlike many editors working with Eastern...

him, and maybe connect on Facebook and/or twitter to see just how much wikignoming he does and facilitates. Guy (Help!) 23:05, 15 January 2015 (UTC) Not...

think BMK was being a bit too charitable in calling Alexb's contribs "wikignoming". —/Mendaliv/2¢/Δ's/ 23:40, 19 January 2018 (UTC) As a matter of information...

citations to match, or left the article for a few days to see whether some wikignome would come along to do so, rather than removing what they admit are valid...

politicians because of Fiorello la Guardia or the like?!)? The malfunctioning Wikignome is in some ways the most dangerous kind - simply doing nothing is better...

doesn't need to make a huge amount of edits to improve Wikipedia: see WP:Wikignome. Also I am SotuMAN, you can use the pronouns he, him, his. 'They' is a...

signature, but that's not really an issue. He does a lot of other good wikignome work such as tagging talk pages. However, Vami IV (who admits to being...

Frangible Round (talk) 23:12, 20 December 2021 (UTC) Indeed it is. See here. Wikignome Wintergreentalk 23:14, 20 December 2021 (UTC) @Silver seren: Does that...

and a few GAs, so perhaps he is not the dimmest bulb in this affair. WikiGnomes like bender235 have their role, but IDHT badgering shouldn't be one of...

kind of thing is not an urgent problem, but over time one should expect WikiGnomes to eventually come along and fix it, changing cm3 to cc, adding commas...