b3stJ
— Wikipedian  —
Name
b3stJ
Born
GenderMale
Country United States of America
Current location
LanguagesEnglish language (ISO 639-1: en; ISO 639-2: eng; ISO 639-3: eng; Glottolog: stan1293; Linguasphere: 52-ABA)
Time zonePacific Time Zone (UTC−08:00/UTC−07:00)
RaceAsian
HairBlack
EyesBrown
HandednessRight (trying to be ambidextrous)[needs update?]
Blood typeO−[citation needed]
IQAt least 130[attribution needed][citation needed]
Hobbies, interests, and beliefs
Hobbies
Religion
Aliases
  • AEagleLionThing
Interests
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Joined17:00, June 3, 2021 (UTC) (2021-06-03T17:00Z)
First edit17:10, June 3, 2021 (UTC) (2021-06-03T17:10Z)
Autoconfirmed17:00, June 7, 2021 (UTC) (2021-06-07T17:00Z)
Extended confirmed08:01, February 1, 2025 (UTC) (2025-02-01T08:01Z)
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This user believes the Middle Ages ended at the end of the 14th century.
This user is interested in post–9/11 history.
This user is a proud resident native citizen of the United States.
This user is a proud resident native citizen of the U.S. State of California.
This user is a book lover.
This user has changed the username of this account. It used to be AEagleLionThing.
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b3stJ (IPA: /bʌˈθrɛstˌ/; formerly AEagleLionThing) is a American polymath, writer, and Wikipedian.

Wikipedia

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Early inexperience

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b3stJ joined the English Wikipedia on June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03), as AEagleLionThing, with his first edit being an attempt to flag a citation for there being no URL visible. However, it turned out that the URL concerned was blocked on Wikipedia.

After this embarrassment, he quickly found copy editing, starting to make small changes in articles he read.

In Florida

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Though he seemed to go dormant, b3stJ was not extinct just yet.

He soon got involved with improving the article for the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, initially over the excessive citations. There were instances of 17 (on two occasions), 10 (on two occasions), and 16 consecutive citations.

This attracted the attention of InvadingInvader, who found massive issues in the article and over several edits attempted to fix the article. This was then reversed, leading to many pages of attempting to reach a consensus, involving multiple users.

It even escalated to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard and even Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard, though in the case of the former stalled and in the latter quickly closed.

Engaging in conversations over what was allowed in this article helped b3stJ learn the Wikipedia process, with ideals like WP:BRD.

Personal life

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Worldbuilding

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Music

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b3stJ is a fan of various music artists, including Bill Wurtz, Vulfpeck, Cory Wong, and Owl City (Adam Young). He draws on inspiration from them, as well as from stories he reads, to write songs.