User:FranticSpud

FranticSpud
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Name	FranticSpud
Pronouns	He/Him
Country	United Kingdom
Current location	North East of England
Languages	English
Time zone	GMT
Hobbies, interests, and beliefs
Hobbies	Gaming, godzilla figure collecting and a few others
Account statistics
Joined	9th May 2025
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	This user is neurodivergent.
	This user is a member of WikiProject Ants.
	This user is a participant in; WikiProject Insects.
en	This user is a native speaker of the English language.
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	despite everything, it's still you.
	This user absolutely loves Ralsei.
	This user thinks they might have too many userboxes. Oh well...

Hello Wikipedians, and welcome to my user page. Please do enjoy the read, and hopefully learn about me and my Wiki experience. (Please note, my account is not dead or offline, I just can go for long periods without editing, usually forgetting Wikipedia exists)

Wikipedia

I somewhat recently joined Wikipedia and I think I'm confident in it's tools, policies and guidelines, though I will make a few mistakes.

I created an account to expand and create articles related to ants. After finding AntWiki too complex for most people, and Wikipedia lacking coverage on many, many species, I decided Wikipedia needed help and I would likely be of use. I'm currently looking through ants of Britain, till I move on to more tropical species. I also plan to expand, fix and correct a handful of other topics, though mainly still in focus with my interests.

Currently

I usually do not have long chunks of time to do editing, so (especially for my sandbox) edits can come in 5-10 small chunks, meaning it can be difficult to review, of which I apologise for.

View my sandbox here, where I'm composing/expanding articles as well as experimenting with a couple of features.

Please note, my account is not dead or offline, I just can go for long periods without editing, usually forgetting Wikipedia exists

Interests

I love ants, Godzilla, gaming and a handful of other nerdy stuff, and these are my main focuses of editing, though I love the random article feature and before making an account I'd spend hours reading through the random articles it threw at me.

I also love the idea of WikiFauna and I've enjoyed reading through them. I am thinking of creating a new species, the WikiAnt, though I don't really have time right now and I want to prioritise the physical ant species who are under-represented here.

Contributions

Articles I have created: Stenamma westwoodii, Ponera coarctata, Ponera testacea

Articles overhauled/major contributions/changes: Stenamma debile

Photos I have uploaded:

First image, pocket bible
Grey Heron catching a fish
Low Barnes nature reserve