User:ArthurTheGardener

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Arthur is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia on September 1.

Hello! I'm Arthur, a retired English teacher, occasional guitarist and lover of crime, sci-fi, fantasy and horror. I used to have a Wikipedia account many years ago, but lost the password, as well as the knack. Trying again in a different vein (between visits to the allotment!). I'm recently divorced, with two sons (one living in the States) and a teenage daughter with autism. I got interested in editing while caring for my elderly father, who died in 2023. I miss him.

My username is a reference to the title of a song by indie band TV Personalities.

I speak reasonably good German, schoolboy Italian and pretty decent holiday French, although I don't think I'm up to translating (yet).

I'm drawn primarily to copy-editing and correcting spelling and grammatical errors, adding citations to articles, and creating and expanding articles on my favourite authors, as well as expanding articles on various kinds of flora. More recently I've become interested in helping literary articles reach GA status and reviewing new pages. I'm still on a learning curve here, so please, feel free to tell me if you think I'm going wrong.

I'm declaring a conflict of interest in the following, due to personal connections:

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This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.

This user supports the European Union.

This user plays the guitar.

This user is obsessed with
Cheeses

This user loves cats. Meow!

This user is fond of Cricket

This user makes women green.

This user is a WikiCat.

This user participates in the WikiProject Plants Stub-to-Start drive.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Women in Red

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This user prefers the Oxford comma.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Yorkshire.

This user lives in Yorkshire.

This user has made 6 women blue.

This user has helped promote 7 good articles on Wikipedia.

This user participates in WikiProject Novels.

This user enjoys snorkeling.

This user has an Allotment

This user supports renationalising
Britain's railways.

This user loves a good cup of tea.

he/him

This user uses he/him pronouns.

This user is willing to be slapped with a trout, should he need it.

This user is a reviewer at
WikiProject Articles for creation.

Articles I've begun:

Articles I've worked up to GA status:

Emily Brontë

Christina Rossetti

Gentlemen & Players

Charlotte Brontë

Anne Brontë

Branwell Brontë

Patrick Brontë

Useful links:

A handy analytics tool:
A handy interactions analyzer:
Earwig's copyvio detector
An article cleaner tool
New pages patrol
Articles for Creation

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Awards

		Women in Green Editathon May '25
		Thank you for participating in Women in Green's 8th editathon! Your good article on Gentlemen & Players is another step forward for our coverage of women's works on Wikipedia. --Grnrchst (talk)

		The Special Silver Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition of ArthurTheGardener for accumulating at least 100 points in the January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 27,750 articles and 7,050 redirects during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer ■ 16:57, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

		Backlog Crusher Award
		This award is given in recognition of ArthurTheGardener for reviewing at least 50 pages that were more than 40 days old at the time of review during the January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped reduce the older backlog and made an important impact during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer ■ 17:13, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

		Rack and pinion Award
		This award is given in recognition of ArthurTheGardener for accumulating at least 15 points during each week of Phase 1 of the January–February 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 27,750 articles and 7,050 redirects during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer ■ 17:26, 4 April 2026 (UTC)