User:Nick Number

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I'm happy when life's good, and when it's bad I cry.

I've got values but I don't know how or why.

I am an amateur singer and humorist, with a day job in the Information Technology field.

In the future, at a point when you are not expecting it, I may rock you.

On Wikipedia, I got my start by fixing typos and gradually branched out into style improvements, link repairs, and disambiguation. I still perform these kinds of tasks, but have also been creating articles, particularly for WikiProject Women in Red. In 2016, I began translating articles from Spanish Wikipedia into English. Since 2020, I've been focusing on adding images, references, and metadata to biographical articles.

I enjoy having fine-grained control over editing, so I don't employ any automated tools.

I am often present on the Discord server.

He/him pronouns please.

My works

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A Vandal's History of Everything (audio version on Apple Podcasts) - humorous narratives I've assembled from the many nonconstructive edits which have been made to Wikipedia articles over the years

My comic at stripcreator - a silly webcomic, using canned graphics to compensate for my utter inability to draw

My Tumblr

Articles created

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Translations

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See my curated redlist for good candidates.

Typos

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tyop
typo		This user is a member of the
Wikipedia Typo Team.
This user has adopted a typo to nurture.

I conduct periodic sweeps to clean up a number of spelling errors.

Last sweep completed: January 2, 2025

Awards

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This editor is a Senior Vanguard Editor and is entitled to display this Duranium Editor Star with the Neutronium Superstar hologram.
200,000+This user has made over 200,000 contributions to Wikipedia



This user is in the Disambiguator Hall of Fame.



Most new biographies: Women in Red August 2018 achievements



2nd Place: Women in Latin America: WiR Women in Latin America contest, 2021



vn-8This user page has been vandalized 8 times.
  • The Minor Barnstar Nolelover I hereby award Nick Number this minor barnstar for his absolutely incredible record of reveting tyops. 99% mainspace edits?!? Out of 8,000?!? Wow! Wikipedia couldn't make it without people like you. Thanks! --Nolelover 14:52, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
    The Minor Barnstar


    Nolelover
    I hereby award Nick Number this minor barnstar for his absolutely incredible record of reveting tyops. 99% mainspace edits?!? Out of 8,000?!? Wow! Wikipedia couldn't make it without people like you. Thanks! --Nolelover 14:52, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

  • The Disambiguator's Barnstar JaGa For a fantastic run in the DAB Challenge in October.
    The Disambiguator's Barnstar

    JaGa
    For a fantastic run in the DAB Challenge in October.

  • The Barnstar of Good Humor The Interior For Amusing (and Racy) edit summaries. The Interior(Talk) 19:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
    The Barnstar of Good Humor

    The Interior
    For Amusing (and Racy) edit summaries. The Interior(Talk) 19:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

  • The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar Quinxorin This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 4615 links in the challenge of December, 2010. Quinxorin (talk) 08:42, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
    The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
    Quinxorin
    This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 4615 links in the challenge of December, 2010. Quinxorin (talk) 08:42, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

  • The Great Arkansas Barnstar Damon.cluck Thanks for your efforts at cleaning up my alful spelling on 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (McCarver's)! I would greatly appreciate your continued assistance in clearning up the rest of my messes! See List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units for a whole page of great Arkansas related articles in need of some TLC! Aleutian06 (talk) 21:52, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
    The Great Arkansas Barnstar

    Damon.cluck
    Thanks for your efforts at cleaning up my alful spelling on 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (McCarver's)! I would greatly appreciate your continued assistance in clearning up the rest of my messes! See List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units for a whole page of great Arkansas related articles in need of some TLC! Aleutian06 (talk) 21:52, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

  • The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar Rcsprinter123 You did well. You're also here. :) Rcsprinter (talk to me) 15:45, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
    The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
    Rcsprinter123
    You did well. You're also here. :) Rcsprinter (talk to me) 15:45, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

  • The Copyeditor's Barnstar Khazar2 For showing up on my watchlist three times in one day correcting typos. Thanks for all your diligence. Khazar2 (talk) 09:20, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
    The Copyeditor's Barnstar

    Khazar2
    For showing up on my watchlist three times in one day correcting typos. Thanks for all your diligence. Khazar2 (talk) 09:20, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

  • The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar Rcsprinter123 This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 2500 links in the challenge of December 2012. Rcsprinter (constabulary) @ 00:07, 2 January 2013
    The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
    Rcsprinter123
    This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 2500 links in the challenge of December 2012. Rcsprinter (constabulary) @ 00:07, 2 January 2013

  • The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar Rcsprinter123 This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 3012 links in the challenge of April 2014. Rcsprinter123 (push) @ 20:52, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
    The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
    Rcsprinter123
    This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 3012 links in the challenge of April 2014. Rcsprinter123 (push) @ 20:52, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

  • The Original Barnstar Diego Grez Thanks for fixing up the links to Washington Saldías. It's much appreciated! Diego Grez (talk) 22:33, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
    The Original Barnstar


    Diego Grez
    Thanks for fixing up the links to Washington Saldías. It's much appreciated! Diego Grez (talk) 22:33, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

  • The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar Rcsprinter123 This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 3275 links in the challenge of December 2014. Rcsprinter123 (babble) @ 17:38, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
    The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
    Rcsprinter123
    This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 3275 links in the challenge of December 2014. Rcsprinter123 (babble) @ 17:38, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

  • The Original Barnstar Widr Thanks for noticing all these typos! Widr (talk) 19:46, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
    The Original Barnstar


    Widr
    Thanks for noticing all these typos! Widr (talk) 19:46, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

  • The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar Klbrain This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 1605 links in the challenge of March 2016. Klbrain (talk) 09:31, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
    The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
    Klbrain
    This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 1605 links in the challenge of March 2016. Klbrain (talk) 09:31, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

  • The Barnstar of Diligence Yavarai Thanks for viewing my article and making it technically much better. Regards Yavarai (talk) 17:53, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
    The Barnstar of Diligence

    Yavarai
    Thanks for viewing my article and making it technically much better. Regards Yavarai (talk) 17:53, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

  • The Original Barnstar Vami_IV I uhhh... You really pulled the rug out from under me. Here, have this for your contribution to Latin America at The World Contest. Vami_IV✠ 06:17, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
    The Original Barnstar


    Vami_IV
    I uhhh... You really pulled the rug out from under me. Here, have this for your contribution to Latin America at The World Contest. Vami_IV✠ 06:17, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

  • The Rosetta Barnstar Originalmess For excellent and prolific work in translating articles. Seriously, I don't know how you're translating such a high volume of articles without losing quality. originalmesshow u doin that busta rhyme? 20:08, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    The Rosetta Barnstar


    Originalmess
    For excellent and prolific work in translating articles. Seriously, I don't know how you're translating such a high volume of articles without losing quality. originalmesshow u doin that busta rhyme? 20:08, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

  • The Wikilink Barnstar ThatMontrealIP For superior and thorough backlinking. I was clicking "thanks" so many times that I thought I would come here and thank you in person! Thanks for linking Betty Corwin up! ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:43, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
    The Wikilink Barnstar


    ThatMontrealIP
    For superior and thorough backlinking. I was clicking "thanks" so many times that I thought I would come here and thank you in person! Thanks for linking Betty Corwin up! ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:43, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

  • The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar Narky Blert This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 3814 links in the challenge of October 2020. Narky Blert (talk) 09:30, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
    The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
    Narky Blert
    This award is presented to Nick Number, for successfully fixing 3814 links in the challenge of October 2020. Narky Blert (talk) 09:30, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
  • Women in Red Women in Latin America contest WomenArtistUpdates 27 articles Nick Number Second Place July 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:37, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
    Women in Red Women in Latin America contest
    WomenArtistUpdates
    27 articles Nick Number Second Place July 2021 Congratulations! WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:37, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
  • The Photographer's Barnstar Ganesha811 Thank you for contributing those pictures - they will make Mary Jane Richardson Jones and John Jones into better articles! Ganesha811 (talk) 02:48, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
    The Photographer's Barnstar

    Ganesha811
    Thank you for contributing those pictures - they will make Mary Jane Richardson Jones and John Jones into better articles! Ganesha811 (talk) 02:48, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
  • The Original Barnstar Rosiestep I bestow this barnstar to you, Nick Number, with appreciation and thanks for your behind-the-scenes work involving Women in Red's Temperance editathon by ... adding Wikidata items for subjects of the Templars images where there's basic information available [ergo] ... those looking to create articles can make use of the references linked in them. Rosiestep (talk) 20:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
    The Original Barnstar


    Rosiestep
    I bestow this barnstar to you, Nick Number, with appreciation and thanks for your behind-the-scenes work involving Women in Red's Temperance editathon by ... adding Wikidata items for subjects of the Templars images where there's basic information available [ergo] ... those looking to create articles can make use of the references linked in them. Rosiestep (talk) 20:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
  • Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia Pichpich You scored 2021 points while adding citations to articles during WikiProject Reliability's first {{citation needed}} backlog drive, earning you this Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia (ossw). Thanks for helping out! Pichpich (talk) 22:17, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
    Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia

    Pichpich
    You scored 2021 points while adding citations to articles during WikiProject Reliability's first {{citation needed}} backlog drive, earning you this Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia (ossw). Thanks for helping out! Pichpich (talk) 22:17, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
  • Citation Barnstar DreamRimmer Alt This award is given in recognition to Nick Number for collecting more than 50.0 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's JUN25 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing over 9,500 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer Alt ■ 15:52, 14 July 2025 (UTC)
    Citation Barnstar


    DreamRimmer Alt
    This award is given in recognition to Nick Number for collecting more than 50.0 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's JUN25 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing over 9,500 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer Alt ■ 15:52, 14 July 2025 (UTC)
  • WIR WOW award Victuallers Woke up this morning and found out that two of Women in Red's important additions had magically gained images. Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Huda Ammori are two articles that I consider important and each of them are substantially improved by your contribution... and you taught me to look harder. Well done for this and your substantial contributions to Women in Red over many years. Thank you. Victuallers (talk) 08:19, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
    WIR WOW award


    Victuallers
    Woke up this morning and found out that two of Women in Red's important additions had magically gained images. Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Huda Ammori are two articles that I consider important and each of them are substantially improved by your contribution... and you taught me to look harder. Well done for this and your substantial contributions to Women in Red over many years. Thank you. Victuallers (talk) 08:19, 30 September 2025 (UTC)