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<center>'''This is the user page for:'''<br><big><big><big><big>'''<span style="color:red">WC</span><i style="color:#999933">Quidditch</i>'''</big></big></big></big><br>'''[[User talk:Wcquidditch|<span style="color:red">my talk</span>]]''' | '''[[Special:Contributions/Wcquidditch|<span style="color:#999933">my contribs</span>]]'''</center>

Hello.  You've reached the user page of another of the {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} [[Special:Listusers|registered contributors]] to [[Wikipedia]] (that may be a high number, but trust me: every good contribution I made is just as valuable as anyone else's).  The reason of this page is to tell you a little about my editing habits, and show you some interesting things relating to what appears to be the world's most popular [[wiki]].

I hope you like what you see! Oh, and by the way, '''I will NOT welcome [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]]'''. If I find out about it, ''it will be removed''!  <small>(Assuming it had not been reverted anyway.)</small>

<span class="plainlinks">If you need to inform me of something, just [{{fullurl:User_talk:Wcquidditch|action=edit}} drop me a line].  (I recommend [{{fullurl:User_talk:Wcquidditch|action=edit&section=new}} starting a new section] to keep new discussions separate from older, unrelated discussions.)</span>

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== My history here ==
I've been editing Wikipedia for over {{time ago|September 6, 2005|ago=|spellout=auto}} now, though I had been reading it for a few months beforehand.  I first started editing as an [[WP:IP|unregistered user]] on September 6, 2005, with my first two edits being the additions of {{tl|Infobox broadcast}} (forerunner to today's {{tl|Infobox television station}}) to the [[WBPX-TV|WBPX]] and [[WUNI|WUNI-TV]] articles.  After that, I returned on September 19 and started the article on [[WWDP]] (in those days, there was no [[WP:AfC|Articles for Creation]] process, and unregistered users could still create articles in mainspace; just months later, the [[Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident]] brought that practice to an end); from there, I continued to create and edit articles on broadcast stations, especially TV stations — as well as a number of other things.  A few days later (on September 25, 2005) I registered my account (the first edits simply picked up where my anon edits left off), and since then I have done many more edits to articles related to broadcasting, as well as the occasional other thing (such as roads) — though as the years have gone by the non-broadcasting-related edits have all but dried up, and a substantial amount of those that I ''do'' still make gravitate towards other media topics.  (As for how many more edits have I made?  Well, in the {{time ago|September 25, 2005|ago=|spellout=auto}} I've had this account, I've racked up over 142,000 edits — good enough to rank 516th on the [[Wikipedia:list of Wikipedians by number of edits|list of Wikipedians by number of edits]] (as of June 1, 2025). (That's just the edits that remain visible in page histories; it's over '''150,000''' edits when factoring in since-deleted edits.) Additionally, I've revamped several template series' into more uniform styles (for their series — this was back in the days before {{tl|ambox}}, {{tl|imbox}}, and {{tl|cmbox}}), and I make the occasional comment at [[WP:XFD|XfD]] discussions (but nowadays my main presence there, at least at [[WP:AFD|AfD]], is in [[WP:DELSORT|deletion sorting]] and other gnomish-tasks like cleaning up malformed nominations).

Of course, when I'm aware of vandalism that hasn't been reverted, that's exactly what I do — I revert it.  I have been also known to discover when an article is about something that isn't really true.  In fact, debunking a [[K07RE]] that was affiliated with five networks at once (and predated [[Low-power broadcasting|LPTV]], the type of station it was purported to be, by some 20-25 years) as a hoax led to the first [[Wikipedia:Barnstars|barnstar]] I received, which was a Barnstar of Diligence that was given to me by {{user|Firsfron}} on August 22, 2006.  (By the way, while there ''was'' a [https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=DK07RE&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&arn=&party=&party_type=LICEN K07RE], it was actually a relay of the [[Alaska Rural Communications Service]]…)

How active I've been has constantly varied; sometimes I'm quite active, sometimes I'm not. (On the other hand, I've had an editing streak — both [[Wikipedia:Database reports/Longest active user article editing streaks|in articles]] and [[Wikipedia:Database reports/Longest active user editing streaks|the wiki as a whole]] — for {{time ago|December 3, 2022|ago=|spellout=auto}} running; it's been a while since my last spell of complete inactivity.) Fret not, though — I'm not going away anytime soon.

(And yes, even my userpage has seen [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]], even though I'm not necessarily one of the more high-profile editors — an admittedly odd self-description of someone who edits at least one article every day and is omnipresent in many a delsort notice, though it may make more sense in the context of having only made {{Percentage|146,364|{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}|2}} of Wikipedia's edits and editing {{Percentage|50,166|{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}|2}} of the total pages. It's not something that happens too often, thank goodness, and in recent years the [[WP:EF|edit filters]] prevent any such attempts from having any effect.)

If you want to know about my interests (even off-wiki), take a peek at my [[/Userboxes|userboxes]].

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=== The featured picture and more ===
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'''Guide to the above:'''
*Monday-Saturday: The [[Wikipedia:Picture of the Day|picture of the day]] from the [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|list of featured pictures]], and today's [[Wikipedia:Tip of the day|tip of the day]] for improved Wikipedia efficiency.
*Sunday: Same as above, but I also give my weekly Sunday StatChart.  I have had it since October 7, 2005, when I made my first major revamp of my userpage.

=== What can I do??? ===
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You can, if you want, use my little [[User:Wcquidditch/Page Create Tool|Page Create Tool]] to create the article you are interested in writing.  Please use search first, whether on [[Special:Search]], in your skin, or my [[/Search|Wikisearch]].

If you're too bored, you can stare at these [[/Compare and Contrasts|compare and contrasts]].
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== Fine print ==
<small><span class="plainlinks">I am not responsible for lost, stolen, or [[Special:Log/delete|deleted]] [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|articles]], [[Wikipedia:Files for discussion|media files]], [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion|categories]], [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion|templates]], [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|redirects]], [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion|pages of other types]], [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|prodded pages]], or even [[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion|speedied pages]], though all of that is because I have no powers to delete under the [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion system]]. (I also take no responsibility for any deletion debate result [[Wikipedia:Deletion review|questioning]] unless I otherwise feel differently. Also, deletion debates that I start or pages that I place either {{tls|prod}} or one of the [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion#Speedy Deletion|speedy deletion tags]] do not count in above.  In short, I just make it clear if a page should go.) If for some reason I decide to [[Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians|leave Wikipedia]], anything that appears above this fine print is effectively null and void, and likely will be removed anyway. Any comments regarding anything I do on Wikipedia should '''not''' be left on this page, it should instead be directed to [{{fullurl:User_talk:Wcquidditch|action=edit&section=new}} my talk page] through that link. Features are generated either by dates or by any editing of the templates, either anyone or [[Wikipedia:Administrators|admins]] (but, barring some exceptions, not by any [[Wikipedia:Bots|bot]]). If you are '''not''' visiting this page from <span style="white-space: nowrap"><span>&#87;&#105;<!-- Wikipedia -->&#107;&#105;</span><span>&#112;&#101;&#100;&#105;&#97;</span></span>, then you are at a <span style="white-space: nowrap"><span>&#87;&#105;<!-- Wikipedia -->&#107;&#105;</span><span>&#112;&#101;&#100;&#105;&#97;</span></span> [[Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks|mirror]], and you should be aware that you are '''not''' viewing an encyclopedia article, that the page may be outdated, and that '''the user to whom this page belongs may have no personal affiliation with any site other than <span style="white-space: nowrap"><span>&#87;&#105;<!-- Wikipedia -->&#107;&#105;</span><span>&#112;&#101;&#100;&#105;&#97;</span></span> itself'''. Please direct yourself to the real thing at <span class="plainlinks" style="white-space:nowrap;">[https://en.wiki<!---->pedia.org/wiki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}} <span>https://en.wiki</span><!----><span>pedia.org/wi</span><span>ki/{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}</span>].</span>  This fine print will exist on this page until I decide to remove it, which could be if I depart or if I don't like it anymore. This concludes my user page. Thank you.</span></small>