VarunFEB2003

Varun User Page   Awards   Subpages   Sandbox   Tools Lab   Guestbook Dashboard • CSD Log Contribs • Moves • Logs • AfD • Edit Summary • Edits • Non-auto Edits • BLP About Me This user has extended confirmed rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user is a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit. This user helps out newcomers. This user has been on Wikipedia for 8 years, 5 months and 25 days. 7,000 This user has made over 7,000 contributions to Wikipedia. SBThis user lets SuggestBot recommend articles to edit once a month. This Wikipedian is a citizen of the Republic of India. Hello, My name is Varun and I'd like to welcome you to Wikipedia. I began in 2014 as a casual reader of Wikipedia, making occasional minor edits as an IP user. My first registered edit that I'm aware of was made in in June 2016. My addiction grew, and in December 2015 I finally decided I wanted to give something to the community and start making more substantial contributions, and since May 2016 I've been here almost daily My philosophy as a Wikipedian is pretty straightforward. I try to make it fun and avoid disputes. I am a lot attracted and involved in technical things out here. In general I enjoy improving existing ones. I love sciences and big cities/countries, and tend to focus my editing on these topics. Content creation is important to me, but the bulk of my 6,000 edits are owed to fighting vandalism, doing technical things and making this page! It keeps me engaged and I get some rewarding feeling. As of late I've also been busy working on scripts and various templates. As a active vandalism fighter and a responsible Wikipedia user I'm heavily involved with maintenance and sustainability of the project. As always I spend much time in preventing abuse of the wiki, but I try to help out anyone who is looking for help. I have a lot of faith in new users. Technical mistakes are simple and you should help them, as Wikipedia isn't incredibly user-friendly. On a more social level, it's crucial to give newcomers a good impression of the community. In my early days I was accused of sockpuppetry. Fortunately I was resilient. I believed in Wikipedia and did not want to give up. I feel like many users would have been scared off and abandoned the project altogether. The experience shaped the Wikipedian that I am today. It taught me how important it is to be careful with new users, and always assume good faith. It makes me wonder how many other would-be long-lasting contributors we must have lost..... Find sources: Books · Scholar · Recent news · Free images · Archive.org · New York Times · Wikipedia Reference Search Service Award Progress Currently this editor is a Apprentice Editor (or Novato). To move to next level - Journeyman Editor (or Grognard) he needs to meet the 'time' and 'number of edits' requirement which are 2000 edits and 6 months of service. His progress so far is given below Progress towards Journeyman Editor (or Grognard) Edit Requirement - 5546/1000 (COMPLETED!) Time requirement - 3100/180 (-2920 days left) User toolbox Go to people Key Wikipedia policies and guidelines Nutshells: Article writing Civility Consensus Deletion Neutral point of view Notability Verifiability Noticeboards Special links Special for me Special for Patrollers Special for everyone Special for geeks PrefixIndex New pages feed Pages near you API sandbox Logs Gallery of new files Random article Template sandbox Global accounts User creation log Wikipedia statistics Edit filter management Selected Article Mount Fuji with cherry blossom trees. Japan (日本, Nihon or Nippon, officially 日本国 or Nihon-koku) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters which make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of Japan's land area. Most of the islands are mountainous, many volcanic; for example, Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, is a volcano. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with about 128 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents. My timeline on Wikipedia Milestones 1st edit Veerappan (2016 film) 50th edit ImageTaggingBot June 8,2016 Constructed my sandbox June 13, 2016 Start working on rewriting an article June 14, 2016 First proposed deletion June 15, 2016 First ever subpage! 1000th edit Samtar's talk page June 21, 2016 Took the TWA! June 22, 2016 Join CVU June 28, 2016 First ever move 2000th edit List of Indian state trees 19 July, 2016 Well established 6000th edit Village Pump (Technical) 6500th edit My user page 7000th edit My talk page Check your own milestones too! Selected Template {{Routemap}} Basic Description - Routemap is a highly used template that can be customized for use on every train-related articles to show the train's route throughout the journey! No. of Transclusions - 1603 Template creator - Sameboat (talk · contribs) Stuff I'm involved in User Scripts Templates WikiProject Food and Drink WikiProject India WikiProject Military History Portals I visit and shall maintain Indian Portal Food Portal Drink Portal Selected User Sarahj2107 (talk · contribs) User rights - Administrator Signature - Sarahj2107 (talk) No. of edits - 17,000 (Approximate) Selected Picture Basic Description - Mefjordvær in Senja, Norway Image creator - Ximonic (talk · contribs)