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I am a 21-year-old graduate of San Diego State University in San Diego, California, with a degree in Accounting. I have been on Misplaced Pages for more than three years after starting in February 2006. Throughout my travels, I have visited 35 states and 6 countries, which has allowed me to contribute both pictures and relevant information to various areas of Misplaced Pages. If you ever have any questions about my edits around Misplaced Pages, please leave me a message on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. You stay classy, San Diego.
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Images added to Misplaced Pages
Click here to see the pictures I have uploaded (including links to non-free images). I also have a profile at Wikimedia Commons, where I have uploaded the majority of my available images along with over 500 images that Flickr users and other sites have graciously allowed us to use.
WikiProject involvement
- WP:Films-I spend most of my time editing film information on Misplaced Pages. In the summer and fall of 2006, I finished (after 50+ hours over 3 months!) adding thousands of articles to the alphabetical lists on the Lists of films and sorting some of the films as I came across them from here by the assessment scale. I also have in the past spent a lot of time working on List of actors and List of United States comedy films. I have added the {{Film}} banner to hundreds (possibly thousands?, if not I will eventually!) of film talk pages and right now continue to assess all films that are currently unassessed. I'm currently one of seven coordinators and help maintain the Spotlight, Assessment, and Outreach (including the monthly newsletter) departments and welcome all new members.
- WP:Good Articles-I joined this project in 2007, assisting in reviewing articles when I have the time. There is currently a large backlog, so if you have the time, consider reviewing an article or two. There is instructions on the page and you do not have to be a WP:GA member to review. As of September 2007, I am also involved in the Sweeps task force to help uphold the quality of current GA articles. My statistics for all of the articles I have passed or failed can be found here.
- Disambiguation Repair-Not really a WikiProject, but still very important. I am pretty sure I have offset all of the mistakes I made in creating improper wikilinks when I first started by assisting in fixing many dab links. This project really could use the help by anyone and everyone, so if you want to find something to do, head over there and help out. I first used the AWB, but then switched over to the CorHomo tool, which makes it really easy to fix the links.
Edit count
I have over 18,000 edits on the Misplaced Pages mainspace. They're mostly minor edits in correcting errors, reverting vandalism, fixing redirects, adding categories, or link repair (or fixing my own mistakes). I also have over 12,000 edits on talk pages, but that is mostly for adding {{Film}} and {{Television}} to film and television article talk pages, and also adding needed film image/infobox requests. Furthermore, I have assessed hundreds of film/TV articles, which heavily increases these talk edits. You can see my edit count here (May take a long while to load).
Magazines/Newspapers/Websites I Use
Some of these I read daily, others weekly/monthly. These usually help me to add assorted information to various articles:
- Entertainment Weekly I get this weekly, and it's a great resource for production information and upcoming films.
- USA Today I read this online daily.
- The Wall Street Journal I get this delivered daily.
- Grand Forks Herald I view this occasionally. I used to deliver it back in the day.
- Merced Sun-Star I view this occasionally in print and online.
- The San Diego Union-Tribune I get this on weekends and at other random times.
- CNN Headline News I check this several times a day plus catch it on TV at times as well.
- The Internet Movie Database Used for starting points in gathering information on films/TV shows.
- TVTattle.com Read daily about random TV news.
- JoBlo.com Read daily about upcoming film news.
Misplaced Pages-related:
- WikiDashboard Useful for tracking down editors dedicated to an article based on their contributions to the article
- Internet Archive Has helped me repair multiple dead links and find sources otherwise unavailable
- Misplaced Pages article traffic statistics Great for viewing the number of views of various articles on Misplaced Pages.
DVDs Watched/Owned:
- Full list of all films I've ever seen Made up of 1,350+ films, this took awhile to compile, and is still updated as I spend my hours away from Misplaced Pages watching more films. Looking over this list, I realize I have seen a lot of bad films, but there also some great ones in there too! The list only includes those films that have DVD releases, so it may be missing some television films, older films, or films still in theaters.
- Full list of DVDs/Blu-rays I own Made up of 200+ DVDs/Blu-rays, let me know if you need a particular screenshot or information from a featurette/other special feature.
FA/FL
Featured article/list | Article name | Date of pass | Article before I started |
Article at passing |
Why I did it |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger filmography | March 7, 2009 | Begin | Pass | I wanted to bring an Arnold Schwarzenegger film up to GA, but figured working on his entire filmography would be better. In addition, I wanted to make an attempt at writing my first FL. | |
Little Miss Sunshine | September 27, 2008 | Begin | Pass | A great film and interesting cast. The article had a great start to it, and I just pushed it further up to GA in February 2008. I eventually brought it up to A-class status on August 11, 2008 before reaching FA status on its second nomination. |
GAs
Good articles | Article name | Date of pass | Article before I started |
Article at passing |
Why I did it |
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1997 Red River Flood in the United States |
November 19, 2007 | Begin | Pass | This occurred shortly after I moved to Grand Forks AFB, and I wanted to provide more coverage of the natural disaster. | |
Ben Stiller | January 21, 2007 | Begin | Pass | One of my favorite comedic actors. | |
File:Stencil Graffiti at Staromiejska Street in Szczecin Poland.jpg | The Blues Brothers | December 21, 2006 (with assistance of CTOW) |
Begin | Pass | One of my favorite films; I collaborated with other WP:FILMS members including Hoverfish. |
Bruce Willis | July 1, 2007 | Begin | Pass | Another one of my favorite actors. | |
Deep Impact (space mission) |
July 6, 2007 | Begin | Pass | After reading the article and it already being in good shape, I complied more sources and pushed it to GA. | |
Drew Carey | December 9, 2006 | Begin | Pass | One of my favorite television comedic actors. | |
Evan Almighty | July 12, 2007 | Begin | Pass | Did not care for the film too much, but the article had a good start to it, so I pulled together multiple sources in a day and brought it up to GA. | |
Gladiator (2000 film) | March 23, 2007 (with assistance of CTOW) |
Begin | Pass | One of my favorite films; I collaborated with other WP:FILMS members on the article. | |
Grindhouse | May 7, 2007 | Begin | Pass | One of my favorite films (still waiting for the full DVD!). | |
History of San Diego State University | January 29, 2009 | Begin | Pass | Shortly before I was to graduate, I became more interested in the history of my university and worked on creating this article. | |
Hot Fuzz | August 14, 2007 | Begin | Pass | An enjoyable film; I worked on compiling a bunch of sources over a few days and brought it to GA. | |
Jumper | June 21, 2008 | Begin | Pass | Not a favorite film, but I had previously worked on it prior to its release. I gathered more sources and pushed it to GA. | |
Kenneth M. Taylor | February 19, 2008 | Begin | Pass | After reading his obituary, I was moved by his bravery during the Pearl Harbor attack, and finally brought it up to GA a few months later. I scoured both the Internet and my campus's library to find what I could on this amazing pilot. | |
Leslie Nielsen | April 19, 2007 | Begin | Pass | Improved this after betting some friends I could bring it up to GA after we had watched The Naked Gun trilogy. | |
Live Free or Die Hard | December 3, 2007 | Begin | Pass | This article was well on its way to GA, and I worked on adding a few more sources to get it there. | |
Matt Damon | September 20, 2007 | Begin | Pass | A great actor who needed a better article. | |
Oklahoma City bombing | March 5, 2007 | Begin | Pass | The bombing happened two hours away from where I was living, and I visited the site several months later. This was the most deadly terrorist attack on U.S. soil prior to 9/11, and I believe to be an important moment in our nation's history. | |
Samuel L. Jackson | December 4, 2006 | Begin | Pass | My first GA, and one of my favorite actors. Multiple nominations of this article taught me about the GA process, and jump started my interest in bringing other articles up to GA. | |
File:Vipera-aspis-aspis-1.jpg |
Snakes on a Plane | December 20, 2006 | Begin | Pass | My first film GA, about an interesting film phenomenon. I wish it had done better at the box office... |
Tropic Thunder | October 4, 2008 | Begin | Pass | One of my favorite films from 2008. I worked on this up to its release and was able to secure several free images for the article. It reached A-class status on January 27, 2009 |
Userboxes created
Date Added | Userbox Template Title | Number of Users | Notes |
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May 5, 2006 | {{User:Nehrams2020/Userboxes/The Office (U.S.)}} | 172 | The first userbox I created which is based on the TV show. |
May 7, 2006 | {{User:Nehrams2020/Userboxes/Forrest Gump}} | 278 | Userbox based on the famous quote from the film. |
May 9, 2006 | Snakes on a Plane userbox | N/A | Template kept being deleted, I have it on my userpage. |
June 16, 2006 | {{User:Nehrams2020/Userboxes/Blues Brothers}} | 278 | Another famous quote from a great film. |
June 16, 2006 | {{User:Nehrams2020/Userboxes/ TV Single Ep}} | 9 (members) | Userbox created for WikiProject members. |
July 20, 2006 | {{User:Nehrams2020/Userboxes/Airplane!}} | 282 | Created along with Miller17CU94 after merging two of our boxes together. |
- Number of users last updated on February 3, 2009
Barnstars and other recognition
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The Working Man's Barnstar
For your assessment of WP:FILMS's many many many articles and contributions to List of films. Cbrown1023 21:34, 30 October 2006 (UTC) -
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For helping me learn how to join Misplaced Pages and guiding me. Damienhunter -
The Original Barnstar
For tireless work in getting the Drew Carey and Samuel L. Jackson articles up to GA status! Jayron32 21:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC) -
The Film Barnstar
Congratulations for your exemplary devotion and high-quality contributions in lists of films and many-many film articles. Hoverfish 14:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC) -
Random Smiley Award
For your contributions to Misplaced Pages and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award
originated by Pedia-I TomasBat (Talk) 02:43, 1 February 2007 (UTC) -
The Barnstar of Diligence
For what seems like a Herculean effort in adding info boxes, tagging and categorization on a consistent basis and general project coordination. Great WikiKnoming!! Ernst Stavro Blofeld
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The Working Man's Barnstar
For your work at Good Article Candidates, helping to clear the backlog, thanks :) M3tal H3ad 07:34, 14 April 2007 (UTC) -
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For helping Jonathon Band become a good article LordHarris 11:37, 1 May 2007 (UTC) -
The Good Article Medal of Merit
For all your thorough and insightful reviews, I Quadzilla99, award you this Good Article Medal of Merit award. Keep it up! Quadzilla99 18:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC) -
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
For organizing the highly successful GA backlog drive, you are awarded this barnstar. Please keep coming up with good ideas, we are always happy to see them! G1ggy! 01:13, 26 May 2007 (UTC) -
The Good Article Medal of Merit
Congratulations, I have chosen you as my GA Reviewer of the Week for the week ending 30/6/2007. Epbr123 10:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC) -
The Original Barnstar
JayKeaton officially grants the Original Barnstar to Nehrams2020 for all the top grade work this user has done for the Evan Almighty article. JayKeaton 14:38, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
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The Commons Barnstar
Thanks for working in duplicated images project. Your effort is appreciated. Emijrp (talk) 09:25, 9 December 2007 (UTC) -
The Good Article Medal of Merit
Congratulations, I have chosen you as my GAN Reviewer of the Week for the week ending 1st December 2007. Epbr123 11:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC) -
The Good Article Medal of Merit
Congratulations, I have chosen you as my GAN Reviewer of the Week for the week ending 12th January 2008. Epbr123 (talk) 13:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC) -
The Special Barnstar
This is to acknowledge all the good work you've been doing on WP, for more than two years now. Thank you! Johnfos (talk) 00:12, 15 February 2008 (UTC) -
The Barnstar of Diligence Award
Though you certainty deserve riches beyond your imaginings and whatever divine reward would be your preference, I'm afraid both have been lost in the post. Instead, I hope you'll accept this humble barnstar in recognition of sweeping 100 good articles and helping to maintain some semblance of standards on this here 'pedia. --jwanders 02:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC) -
WikiMedal for Janitorial Services
With great indebtedness for your work cleaning up B-class reviews for WP Films. Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 01:48, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
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Silver Reel
It is my honor, as the Lead Coordinator of WikiProject Films, to give you the inaugural conferral of the WikiProject Service Award, Second Class - the Silver Reel. Awarded for meritorious service in completing the entirety of your 0.7 worklist. Most gratefully, Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 04:04, 20 October 2008 (UTC) -
The Original Barnstar
For moving so many great and much-needed images into Misplaced Pages from Wikicommons All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 03:48, 17 November 2008 (UTC) -
Triple Crown
Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow the Triple Crown upon Nehrams2020 for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FA. Thank you for contributions to the project, Great work, especially on Little Miss Sunshine - great contribution to WP:FILMS! May you wear the crowns well. Cirt (talk) 23:52, 10 December 2008 (UTC) -
The WikiProject Film and Actor Image Award
I, Dr. Blofeld hereby award Nehrams2020, another WikiProject Films Award for his fantastic contibutions to WikiProject Films. As if your excellent contributions to writing film articles and overlooking the project isn't enough I am in awe of the lengths you have gone to obtain us high quality free of famous actors that are often so difficult to come across. You probably have one of these if not several already but just a small token of my gratitude for your awesome work in the area of imagery. Best Regards Dr. Blofeld 12:53, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Congrats
I have to say, you're just about the best editor on Misplaced Pages. Who are you voting for in the Wikiproject Films Coordinator elections? Shamwow86 (talk) 22:44, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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