Hello! I am eRegion. I have lurked on Wikipedia for ages editing under IPs. I've decided I should roll up my sleeves and help.
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I am particularly interested in computer games, computer game companies and the people who are involved in them. I like to do research and find things that others have not found.
General focus edit
I was initially interested in strategy games which has led me to focusing more and more on Stardock and related articles. So you will see me in there a lot. I am also interested in other strategy game developers like Mohawk Games, Oxide Games, and Amplitude Studios.
My Wikipedia interests and contributions edit
To date, most of my editing focus on Wikipedia has been on gaming articles, particularly those concerning PCGames. However, I also copyedit other articles on fiction and non facition that I find, and I occasionally engage in recent change patrol. I will accept copyedit requests, but be aware that I may need a few days to get to it.
Mergism edit
I am basically a mergist. I believe that, within reason, one or two larger articles are more helpful than a dozen smaller articles. If those large articles start to become excessive in size (greater than 50 KB), then it is worthwhile to break them up logically, but, before breaking a 50 KB article into 10 5 KB articles, strongly consider whether 2 25 KB articles are better. And don't blindly split as in binary fission; see whether one article makes more sense as an auxiliary article of the other. This way, you preserve the context of the original article and avoid a size issue.
The 30 KB warning is merely advice; many featured articles have been well in excess of that guideline. Before resorting to splitting, check for redundancy and verbosity. If you can shave off 4 KB of an article by tightening up the prose, do that first, and then re-evaluate where the article stands. You don't have to remove information, but do consider picking up a writing style manual (The Elements of Style, for American English), and seeing how much verbosity you can eliminate while preserving the article's flow. In particular, the fact that is a phrase that is almost never necessary.
Categories edit
A few tips when putting articles into categories:
- Remember that a category must be useful to the reader. This means that a category with only 2 potential articles is probably not worth creating, and, if you see such a narrowly defined category, feel free to list it on categories for deletion.
- Be extra careful when creating categories. The "move" button doesn't exist for them, so, if you don't get it right the first time, you'll have to resort to {{cfr}}.
- Remember to choose sort keys wisely. Many articles begin with "List of", but this is not useful as a sort key. Instead, use a custom sort key that omits the "List of". If a category is about X, and you have articles about "X Ys", "X in Y", or similar, sort on Y rather than X.
- Articles that serve as a "main" article for a category (often, these have the same name as the category) should have a sort key that begins with " " or "*"; this forces that overview article to the top of the category.