Komonzia

I am a Zillennial, male, UK-based, and speak two languages fluently. English is one of them. I work in tech.

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This user's time is valuable - and he respects your time. Expect sporadic editing and concise discussions. This user can program in JavaScript. py-4This user is an expert Python programmer. svgThis user can write SVG. This user has access to the Wikipedia Library. This user sometimes uses AI tools like ChatGPT carefully, including to research & edit Wikipedia articles. sexThis user is asexual. This user has alexithymia.

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Komonzia's history with this place

I have been editing Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikidata, and/or Wikimedia Commons since 2005, on-and-off. Deep edits and new articles are rare for me, and I usually reserve them for Commons.

Editing has been a gateway to learning about various other technical pursuits, learning how to research, as well as teaching me (with some trial and error) about human nature in online communities.

In that way, despite its numerous flaws, Wikipedia is something we can collectively attempt to improve, while in parallel learning and trying to improving individually though these actions. This is why I keep finding myself coming back.

I only use one account at a time. This one was started as a WP:CLEANSTART.

Significant contributions

These are all things that cannot be classified as housekeeping, anti-vandalism, copyediting, updates to graphs & maps, etc. - the majority of my edits - but are instead something I see as cooler than that.

• Talk:List of countries by GNI (PPP) per capita/table generator.py - A script to take a specific World Bank dataset and convert it into Wikipedia table syntax, to make future updates much easier.
• Ah, I don't have any others yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Favourite tools

• Article maintenance: Citation hunt
• Edit history analysis: WikiBlame, XTools Blame
• Searching & researching: Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library, AI searching tools like Consensus and ChatGPT with searching enabled and telling it what types of sources I want
• Others I forget now.