User:Varnent

Varnent	Userpage Back to the home base. (Icon by Fabián Alexis)	Talk Questions? Comments? Advice? Talk to me. (Icon by Fabián Alexis)	Contributions Also see my other accounts, listed on my user page. (Icon by Fabián Alexis)	Email Drop me a note. (Icon by Fabián Alexis)	Archives Archives of information related to my account. (Icon by Fabián Alexis)	WikiLove Thank you! (Icon by Fabián Alexis)
Varnent			Pages Articles and templates I have created, expanded or hope to create or expand. (Icon by Fabián Alexis)	Media Images and videos I have contributed to Wikimedia Commons. (Icon by Fabián Alexis)	COI Conflicts of interest. (Icon by Fabián Alexis)	Edit count Where it stops, nobody knows. (Icon by Fabián Alexis)

Introduction

Professional free and open knowledge advocate, communications professional, former professional queer youth advocate, Wikimedian, WikiQueerian, policy wonk, tech nerd, nonprofit capacity building geek, Episcopalian, and video gamer - among other things.

NOTE: I work as an employee for the Wikimedia Foundation, but my work on this username is in my capacity as a volunteer and should be treated as such. While I was a volunteer for many years before my work with the Foundation, I started with them officially in September 2015. Unless otherwise stated, any edit to this wiki by me is an act of a regular member of the community, not a legal or official office action of the Wikimedia Foundation. Official acts by me in the line of my work will be done from my office account, User:GVarnum-WMF.

Wikimedia Involvement

Wikimedia Commons Activity

LGBT Free Media Collective

Wikimania Involvement

Meta / Wikimedia Foundation Activity

English Wikipedia Activity

MediaWiki Development

MediaWiki Outreach

New pages

Current count:

Content pages: 206
Disambig pages: 8
Active templates: 7

Hope to create in the future

Extensively worked on

On my blip screen

My User Page on Sister Wikimedia Projects [edit] (Please note my account on Meta is my global user page on other Wikimedia wikis)
Meta-Wiki Wikimedia Commons	Wikitech

WikiLove

Outside Projects

Currently, I have no active project life outside of the Wikimedia universe. ;)

Conflict of Interest (COI) Disclosure

Varnent In a Nutshell

My Wikimedia Life

18

This user joined Wikipedia 18 years, 9 months, and 28 days ago as of October 1, 2025.

This user has created a global account. Varnent's main account is on Meta.

112,372+

This user has made over 112,372 contributions to Wikimedia projects.

32,169+

This user has made more than 32,169 contributions to Wikipedia.

3,386

This user is ranked 3,386 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits.

This user is ranked 3,780 on the list of Wikipedians by articles created.

This user has pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user has autopatrolled rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user is a
Wikipedia Librarian.

This user previously served on Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee ^(verify)

This user is an administrator on MediaWiki.org. (verify)

This user is an administrator on the Wikimania 2015 Official Site. (verify wm2015)

This user is an administrator on the Wikimania 2014 Official Site. (verify wm2014)

This user is a Wikimaniac.

This user participated in Wikimania 2023 held in Singapore.

This user participated in the virtual Wikimania 2022.

This user participated in the virtual Wikimania 2021.

This user participated in Wikimania 2019 held in Stockholm, Sweden.

This user participated in Wikimania 2018 held in Cape Town, South Africa.

This user participated in Wikimania 2017 held in Montréal, Canada.

This user participated in Wikimania 2016 held in Esino Lario, Italy.

This user participated in Wikimania 2015 held in Mexico City, Mexico. and served on the Programme Committee

This user participated in Wikimania 2014 held in London, United Kingdom. did not attend but served on the Programme Committee

This user participated in Wikimania 2013 held in Hong Kong. and served on the Programme Committee and as a DevCamp coordinator

This user participated in Wikimania 2012 held in Washington, D.C., United States. and served on the Program Committee and as a Hackathon coordinator

This user tries to do the right thing. If he makes a mistake, please let him know.

This user is a member of the Association of Eventualist Wikipedians.

This user participated in the #100wikidays challenge. (contribution)

This user is a participant in
WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies.

Talk | To do | Alerts | Watchlist

This user participates in
WikiProject Biography.

This user is a member of WikiProject Organizations.

This user participates in WikiProject Apple Inc.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Michigan.

This user participates in the
Detroit task force.

This user is a member of WikiProject Amusement Parks.

This user is a member of
Cedar Fair task force.

This user participates in WikiProject Video games.

This user is a member of the
Atari task force.

TA

This Tech Ambassador monitors changes that may affect English Wikipedia.

en

Non nobis solum

This user can, and will, make difficult edits if needed.

This user is interested in helping with GLAM projects.

This user is signed up for the Feedback Request Service.

This user believes free images should be moved to the Commons.

This user is interested in the history of the United States.

This user is interested in politics.

This user feels that deletions subject to a popularity contest rather than a verifiability test damage Wikipedia more than any userbox ever could.

This user is against cyberbullying.

This user is a Developer and develops tools and scripts to help Wikipedia.

This user edits on Wikitech.

This user is a proud MediaWiki extension developer and participant in WikiProject Extensions.

This user is a proud MediaWiki third-party wiki system administrator and participant in WikiProject SysAdmins.

This user is an official member of the MediaWiki Bug Squad.

This user uploads files to Wikimedia Commons using VicuñaUploader.

This user account is secured with a unique committed identity.

My Non-Wikimedia Life

This user lives in the U.S. State of California.

This user is a part-time resident of the U.S. State of Michigan.

This user has lived in the United States District of Columbia.

It is approximately 10:15 AM where this user lives (PT). [refresh]

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

US

This user uses
American English.

This user is an Episcopalian.

EMU

This user attended or attends
Eastern Michigan University.

This user has visited one or more of the United States' National Parks.

This user is a Pisces.

This user owns an iPhone.

This user runs macOS.

This user identifies as a gaymer.

This user believes that video games are not as dangerous as parental ignorance of the rating system.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED

Loyal Xbox Player

This user is a vault dweller

	This user believes the cake is NOT a lie, but in fact tastes very good.

This user posts on X.

This user is a proud WikiQueerian.

mysql

This user writes programs that access MySQL.

PHP-2

This user is an intermediate PHP programmer.

This user edits wikis on Fandom.

According to The Political Compass this user is:
Economic Left (−6.88) and
Social Libertarian (−6.77)

Je suis Charlie

This user supports a free, independent, undivided,
and fully restored Ukraine.

Random Other Stuff

This user passed GO!
(…so where is my $200?)

This user's favourite colour is blue.

This user is a fan of
The West Wing.

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There are
10
types of people: those who read binary and those who don't.

—

This space is for rent.

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