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Hello Wikipedia! I'm Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist, formerly known as TheTranarchist (an admittedly lazy portmanteau of trans and anarchist I chose when I joined this site at 18). I'm one of those scary trans youth (now 20, I transitioned at 16 after years of closeting) the media tells you don't really exist. I am a human being, which should be obvious, but some seem eager to interpret my existence as inherently ideological. I live in NYC and I'm a computer scientist and sociologist; my academic research tends to involve extensive archival research and applications of technology to sociology/healthcare/history. I've always loved Wikipedia; a free global compendium of knowledge built in real-time by and for the people is amazing on so many levels! I joined Wikipedia as an editor after realizing just how many articles on trans topics were woefully out of date. Specifically, I saw Conversion therapy made no references to transgender people since the sourcing was decades out of date. It is vital the information we provide is accurate. Trans children are not a modern invention and deserve care and support. So, I strive to document our histories and our elders' organized struggle for a better world. And the history and present of the organized hate campaigns operating against us. My other main focus is on the history of tenant and labor organizing within New York City. For the most part, I have loved the community I've found on Wikipedia. I'm thankful to all my friends on and off Wikipedia who've supported me, helped me improve as an editor, and kept me going when transphobia and harassment on and off got to me. I am so proud to collaborate and work with everyone else here to produce the encyclopedia!
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See also: Abolition Notes has a list of tenant unions in the U.S. Far-right groups
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Barnstars, Pets, and Misc.
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To be frank, I've spent a lot of my time on Wikipedia writing about groups that insult and call for violence against people like me, or people in general, and read a lot of depressing news to do so. I try and write good articles about them, and generally keep out WP:FRINGE, document, per WP:RS, the past and present, leave every article I can better than when I found it, and improve as an editor with each edit I make. It can be tireless, exhausting, and strenuous, but also joyful, collaborative, engaging, and valuable - certainly paradoxical! While I don't do it for them, a little recognition, wiki-love, good advice, and even constructive criticism go a long way and are greatly appreciated! Love and respect to all my fellow editors here to build the encyclopedia ♥ Full archive of wiki-love here. Barnstars, DYK, and Awards
On 3 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Boots theory, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to the "boots" theory, poverty is more expensive than being rich? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Boots theory. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Boots theory), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Pets!
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Honorable Mentions
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Here, I keep substantial mentions of me off-wiki. This includes both positive coverage (which I hadn't seen coming) and people complaining their articles are so honest it makes them look bad.
Stella O'Malley complained about the Genspect article, stating: Genspect tweeted: Which was quoted by Jordan Peterson with the note
Complained about me and her article here, stating The Atlantic on Gloria Hemingway
The Culture Wars Look Different on Wikipedia (available with 12ft.io ;) ) I must confess, it would have been nice if they noted that I was accused of being an WP:SPA whose request to rename the article based on Wikipedia's very clear policy about handling trans people's names should be ignored due to my username, a fact called out in the close.
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Useful Tools and Tips
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Some good WP:UPPERCASE and WP:OWB
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OPSECSome good on-wiki guides: How to not get outed on Wikipedia, On privacy, confidentiality and discretion, Personal security practices Some good off-wiki guides: here, here, and here. Some quick notes for Wikipedia:
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