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==About me and how I got here==

I am a computer scientist from Germany. I first heard about Wikipedia around 2004 when someone encouraged fans in one of my forums to write a TV show article for an online encyclopedia. I honestly expected the project to fail and forgot about it quickly. I realized Wikipedia's usefulness for initial uni research during 2005, and I made my first typo-fix edits as an unregistered user some time in 2006. After reading about Wikipedia in ''[[The Long Tail (book)|The Long Tail]]'' in December 2006, I was tempted to [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising#Donation_methods donate some money to the Wikipedia Foundation]. In the end, I decided that I'd rather pay with my time. I [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sgeureka|became a Wikipedia administrator]] in December 2008. Working life has kept me from contributing much to Wikipedia since June 2009, but I still have infrequent bursts of activity.

==My Wiki mission==

My edit behavior and my inclusion standard are strongly inspired by the now former [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Kingdom Hearts|''Kingdom Hearts'' Featured Topic]], whose editors merged articles that cannot become a [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good Article]], to help other articles achieve that status and to obviate [[Wikipedia:Fancruft|fancruft]]. If time permits, I improve fiction articles in that manner or participate in meta-fiction discussions. I also like fixing disambiguation and surname pages. Most of [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Sgeureka my admin edits] concern non-controversial housekeeping tasks ([[WP:SPEEDY]]) or closing not-so-controversial [[WP:Articles for deletion]].

===Articles I worked on significantly===

{{icon|B|size=20px}} ''[[A Dog's Breakfast]]''<br />
{{icon|FFT|size=20px}} [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Carnivàle|''Carnivàle'' FT]] &mdash; {{icon|FFA}} ''[[Carnivàle]]''{{•}} {{icon|FFL}} [[List of Carnivàle episodes|Episodes]]{{•}} {{icon|FFA}} [[Characters of Carnivàle|Characters]] {{•}} {{icon|GA}} [[Mythology of Carnivàle|Mythology]]{{•}} {{icon|FA}} [[List of awards and nominations received by Carnivàle|Awards]]<br />
{{icon|FA|size=20px}} [[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|''Pride and Prejudice'' (1995 TV series)]]<br />
{{icon|B|size=20px}} ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' &mdash; {{icon|NA}} [[/Stargate]] <sup>([[User talk:Sgeureka/Stargate|T]]{{•}} [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stargate/Articles|RC]]{{•}} [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stargate |WPSG]]{{•}}  [[wikia:stargate:Main_Page|wikia]])</sup> {{•}} {{tl|Stargate}}
:* {{icon|GA}} [[George Hammond (Stargate)|George Hammond]]{{•}} {{icon|GA}} [[Vala Mal Doran]]{{•}} {{icon|GA}} [[Cameron Mitchell (Stargate)|Cameron Mitchell]]{{•}} {{icon|GA}} [[Jonas Quinn]]{{•}} {{icon|C}} [[Teal'c]]{{•}} {{icon|GA}} [[Radek Zelenka]]
:* {{icon|GA}} "[[Nemesis (Stargate SG-1)|Nemesis]]"{{•}} {{icon|GA}} "[[Small Victories]]"{{•}} {{icon|GA}} "[[Window of Opportunity (Stargate SG-1)|Window of Opportunity]]"{{•}} {{icon|GA}} "[[Zero Hour (Stargate SG-1)|Zero Hour]]"{{•}} {{icon|GA}} "[[Unending]]"<br />
{{icon|C|size=20px}} [[Ampelmännchen]]<br />
{{icon|GA|size=20px}} ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''{{•}} {{icon|B}} [[Themes in A Song of Ice and Fire|Themes]] &mdash; {{icon|NA}} [[/ASOIAF]] <sup>([[User talk:Sgeureka/ASOIAF|T]]{{•}} [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Concordance/ Conc]{{•}} [http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Chapters_Table_of_contents CToC])</sup>{{•}} {{tl|ASOIAF}} <br />
{{icon|B|size=20px}} ''[[New Girl]]'' <br />
{{icon|B|size=20px}} [[Panic Button (company)]]<br />
{{icon|GA|size=20px}} ''[[Money Heist]]'' {{•}} [[List of Money Heist episodes|Episodes]]

===Current work projects===

* [[/sandbox|/Sandbox]] <sup>([[User talk:Sgeureka/sandbox|T]])</sup>{{•}} [[User talk:Sgeureka/Episodes|/Episodes]] <sup>([[Special:Recentchangeslinked/User talk:Sgeureka/Episodes|RCT]])</sup>{{•}} [[Special:PrefixIndex/User:Sgeureka|Prefix]]{{•}} [[Commons:User:Sgeureka|Commons]]{{•}} [[User:Sgeureka/PROD log|PROD log]]{{•}} [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Fictional elements|WP:DELSORT/FICT]]<br />
* [[/Neurotypical]] (related: [[Autism spectrum]], [[Neurodiversity]])

==FAQ==

* '''Why do you delete the contributions of others?''' &ndash; Because the contributions were [[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user|requested to be speedy deleted by the author]], were [[:Category:Wikipedia files on Wikimedia Commons#See also|Wikipedia files available at Wikimedia Commons]], or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages|malplaced disambiguation pages]]. I also sometimes execute the decision of a group of editors in the [[WP:Articles for deletion]] process. ''Merging (and by extent redirection) is not deletion'' &ndash; it is a non-admin editorial decision which leaves the page histories intact for future reconsiderations. [[WP:Merging]] explains the reasoning and process behind mergers, and [[WP:CONTENTFORK]], [[WP:AVOIDSPLIT]], and [[WP:NOPAGE]] are relevant guidelines. [[WP:NOTPLOT]] is a relevant policy for the suitability of fiction sub-articles.
* '''Why don't you improve the articles instead of advocating for their removal?''' &ndash; Besides wrongly implying that mergers and deletions are not an improvement (see the essays [[WP:Delete the junk]] and [[WP:Blow it up and start over]]), this question does not account for scalability. I spend roughly the same time on expanding and [[Wikipedia:Basic copyediting|copyediting]] articles, merging, and behind-the-scenes wiki stuff. Reducing bad and redundant articles takes significantly less time than writing good articles, so it is basic math that I trim more articles than I expand. My Good and Featured Articles examplify the type and extent of my article improvements and may contain merged material.
* '''Why must someone else do the work that you don't want to do?''' &ndash; We are all unpaid wiki volunteers, so no-one (including you and me) is required to do work that he doesn't want to do. But given certain circumstances, the answer to this question is a logical consequence of [[WP:BURDEN]]. If someone objects to see bad and redundant content merged or removed, it becomes his responsibility to improve the article, preferably using third-party sources. I am all for giving editors sufficient time to do so, but if there is no mentionworthy improvement for weeks, months or even years, then the option of merging, removal or deletion comes to the fore again.

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