User:Premeditated Chaos

Talk to me - Contributions - Awards -- ♠PMC♠ -- Projects - Blocks enacted - Pages deleted About Me I'm Premeditated Chaos, also known as PMC. On IRC I go by PMC_x. The accounts PMC, PMC_x, and Premedicated Chaos are my doppelgangers. I use this name exclusively on Wikipedia, so in the unlikely event that you come across another Premeditated Chaos elsewhere, it isn't me. I have been a Wikipedian since 2003, and an admin since 2004. I was active on-and-off for a number of years thereafter until returning in January 2017. In December 2017 I was elected to the Arbitration Committee for a two-year term, which ended in December 2019. I had the checkuser and oversight permissions as a result of being elected to ArbCom, but have since handed them back in. Unlike many editors, I don't have a favorite topic that serves as a focus for my edits. Sometimes I update and reference articles based on books I'm reading, but quite often I've just found something that both interests and annoys me enough to want to look into it more. I am particularly fond of digging up hard-to-find scraps of information about obscure things. I have a habit of chasing topics down a rabbit hole - correcting an error here can lead me to another one there, which sometimes leads to rewrites or brand-new articles if I get really interested. This process of leapfrogging hyperfixations seems to have led me to an interest in the goddesses of Georgian mythology. I am often found de-orphaning articles, particularly from the February 2009 category. I've recently developed an interest in trimming excessive plot summaries, which I find weirdly satisfying. I occasionally comment on deletion discussions, especially if they are at a stalemate. You can occasionally find me clearing CAT:CSD and CAT:PROD. I'm quite fond of list articles, probably as a result of my de-orphaning efforts. I have created several new lists, and actively maintain several others. Despite what my article creation habits might indicate, I don't particularly care for or know much about beetles, plants, or algae, but they are frequently found as orphans and also happen to be very easy to de-orphan. Views and Philosophy I consider myself a mergist with a bent towards deletionism, particularly when it comes to stubs imported from old public domain sources like Chambers' Cyclopædia, Encyclopedia Britannica, and the Catholic Encyclopedia. That's not to say that these sources aren't useful, but many of the remaining articles we have which were imported from those sources would do better merged elsewhere. When responding to requests for undeletion, I typically prefer not to restore deleted material to mainspace unless there are reliable sources available to indicate that we shouldn't have deleted the item in the first place. I am usually willing to restore good-faith content that lacks notability to draft or userspace, or to email a copy. I will almost never restore promotional or UPE content for any reason. I believe SNGs should be used narrowly, to exclude non-notable content rather than to force the inclusion of content on a broad scope. I support the expansion of the NCORP criteria, and would support most other efforts to expand SNGs to be more exclusive. We should be focused on making our existing content better rather than just making more of it, especially when "more" so often constitutes two-line stubs. Last but not least, allow me to get a little sentimental and quote Wired: "Wikipedia is built on the personal interests and idiosyncrasies of its contributors. You could even say it is built on love." To-Do List ♠ Clean up ♠ Center for Feeling Therapy • Dellen Millard and Mark Smich • The Four Fords • Gymnastics manoeuvres • Imperial phase • John Cordes • List of people from Ukraine • List of populated places in Afghanistan • Marilyn Monroe's pink dress • Oceloduri • Show and tell • Swansea, Nevada • Tetri Giorgi ♠ Create ♠ Dzudzuana Cave • Ehekarussell • Frauenmauer Cavern (p. 151) • Kassia St. Clair • Renate Kimbrough • Lake Vaihiria (p. 392) • List of books of folk tales • List of broadside ballads • List of jewelry companies • List of LGBT bars • List of remedies considered fraudulent • Mary Jarrett-Jackson • Mount Dedegöl • Pierre-Saint-Martin Cavern (p. 293) • Rhar Chara (p. 97) • Rhar Chiker (p. 98) • Shermantown, Nevada • Soos Nature Reserve (p. 353) • Swan cloak of Clara Schumann • Valle Encantado (p. 392-394) • Wah (mummy) • Template:King George Island (South Shetland Islands) • Template:Royal Society Range Userboxes Details ♀This contributor to Wikipedia is female. This user is an administrator on the English Wikipedia. (verify) Contributions This user received a Four Award for working on Dali (goddess). This user received a Four Award for working on Islanders (video game). This user received a Four Award for working on Inuit clothing. This user received a Four Award for working on Islands: Non-Places. This user has been awarded an Imperial Triple Crown. This user helped promote the topic Inuit clothing to good topic status. This user is the main author of 13 Good Articles This user has written or expanded 32 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user received the Editor of the Week award. This editor is a Grandmaster Editor and is entitled to display the Lapis Philosophorum Editor Star with the Neutronium Superstar. 100,000+This user has made more than 100,000 contributions to Wikipedia. This user is one of the 700 most active English Wikipedians of all time. Miscellaneous merThis editor is a mergist. orpThis user is working to reduce the orphaned pages backlog This user has been helping the Internet not suck since 2003. This user lives in Metro Vancouver. This user possesses a committed identity in case of a compromised account. TGPThis user borrowed the code for this userpage from The Giant Puffin, with gratitude.