Zzyzx11
My user name is named after the infamous Zzyzx Road in California
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My Contributions

  • Zzyzx11 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) – Verify
  • My very first edits
  • My very first edit: 17:48, 2 February 2005 (UTC) on Super Bowl XXXVIII
  • Promoted to administrator: 22:59, 6 June 2005 (UTC) (RFA discussion)
  • For a period of time from roughly 2007 to 2010, I was the primary admin maintaining the On this day... section of the Main Page. When I started, I enjoyed having the job of selected the events to post on the Main Page, and researching the vast amount of historical articles here on Wikipedia. I eventually quit due to my busy schedule in real life, and after it felt that this was becoming a very thankless job: I was expending too much time and energy on a daily basis trying to balance "well-written" articles vs. "significant" events, being limited due to the systemic bias here on Wikipedia toward certain topics or recent events, and all the complaints I received in between.
  • I cannot say that I have a featured article under my belt. Probably the closest I have technically come to this is making a major expansion to the Stanley Cup article in 2006.[1] But it would take more than a year later for others to get it promoted.

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  • For your significant contributions to articles on places in California. – Willmcw on 06:00, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

  • For having 13,000+ edits and still running strong. – D. J. Bracey on 23:05, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

  • I like the set of tools you have collected on your user page... In recognition of your own use of these many tools to make Wikipedia a better place. I award you this Barnstar. – Johntex on 01:12, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

  • For your beautifully looking bracket template. Great work! – vossman on 21:25, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

  • [For editing] a template I created and actually improved it ... I actually noticed that problem and was not sure how to solve it – White Cat on 17:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

  • For his devotion to clearing the deletion backlogs which are ignored by so many administrators. – Blnguyen on 08:47, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

  • For your outstanding work towards keeping MainPage neat and tidy and free from vandals, day in, day out. – PFHLai on 14:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

  • For your simply tireless contributions – Maple Leaf on 16:17, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

  • Amazing work on the LA Metro templates and nice use of template tools. You are the template master! – Lexlex on 04:38, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

  • Well done. Thank you. HuskyHuskie (talk) 05:26, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that very few editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work! Buster Seven Talk 14:34, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

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