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About Me

Some Info: I'm WikiaWang, and I've been on wikiHow for around 2-3 years, editing here and there whenever I can get some time out of life. I'm originally from Maryland, but I currently am in Shanghai (so please be patient if I can't reply fast enough, but I'll do my best!)

What I Enjoy: I am what most people consider as someone who loves history, so if you need some history, I've got your back. :) And computers… programming, of course, is something I enjoy in my free time -- I'm developing a few programs, so leave a message if you have any questions regarding Lua or Python.

My wikiHow life: I joined wikiHow 3 years ago, but didn't start contributing until 2 years ago. I spend a lot of my time patrolling changes, helping other users, and doing some general maintenance tasks behind the scenes. Other than writing the occasional article, most of my time goes toward editing and fixing those small errors. If you've got any questions, go ahead and leave me a message. :)

Why I wikiHow: I continue to contribute because of the impact I can make -- every single edit has the potential to reach millions of people. Knowing that every small change can help another reader keeps me going. Another reason, of course, is the community. Everyone here is so kind and friendly, and I just can’t bear the thought to leave!

My Personal Stats

• Gender: Male
• Name: WikiaWang (online)
• Age: Rather not say
• Location: Shanghai, China
• Hobbies: Darts, Chess, History
• Favorite Sports: Badminton, Darts, Skiing
• Favorite Color: Green
• Birthday: May 24
• Siblings: 2
• Languages: English, Chinese
• Pets: None, for now :)
• Favorite Food: Macaroni and Cheese (and kiwis...)
• Favorite Restaurant: Taco Bell
• Favorite Emoticon: :D
• Favorite Tree: Palm trees
• Programming Languages: Lua, Python

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My wikiHow Stats

• User Rights/Badges: New Article Booster, Welcomer, NFD Guardian, Featured Author
• Live Articles: 14
• Rising Stars: 4
• Total Articles: 16
• Featured Articles: 2
• Article Views: 169,080
• Patrols: 29,085
• Article Boosts: 276
• Favorite Activities: wikiGnome Tasks, RCP, categorization
• Barnstars: 8
• Join Date: September 20th, 2018
• Aspiring Rights: Q&A patroller

Barnstars

• From Lara:

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Kind wikiHow Contributor

Wikia, you've helped me out from the very beginning, and you are one of the kindest contributors I know. You always notice and congratulate me when I've achieved something, and you are warm and welcoming to everyone. I'm very grateful for all your guidance. You deserve this barnstar and more!

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• From FlowerPower:

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Dedicated wikiHow Contributor

You gave me a barnstar, so I'm giving you one :P.

On a more serious note, I'm very happy and surprised to see how you've grown as a contributor. You're humorous, kind, and sensible. Your welcome messages make me smile, and it's always great to see you around!

I really hope you stick around. Congrats on your second well-deserved barnstar!

FlowerPower 💖 (talk)

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• From HappyWiki:

{"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/a\/a4\/Nes-amb-barnstar_981.png","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Nes-amb-barnstar_981.png\/111px-Nes-amb-barnstar_981.png","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":443,"bigWidth":111,"bigHeight":107,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>Original Author: <a href=\"\/User:Neshaw\" title=\"User:Neshaw\">Nancy Shaw<\/a>\n<\/p><p>License: <a href=\"\/wikiHow:GNU-Free-Documentation-License\" title=\"wikiHow:GNU Free Documentation License\">GNU Free Documentation<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/div>"}

Ambassador in the wikiHow Community

WikiaWang, guiding so many people in order to maintain the purity and righteousness of the wikiHow community. Scrolling through your talk page, I realized that you aren’t just a normal contributor. There are so many thanks and ghosts of answers and help embedded in your 6 current archives. I realized that’s you are one that people can turn to when help is needed, one that will guide people when put through hard times. You are one that many recognize as a hero, one that people will always receive kind and willingly support from. You always encourage and push the boundaries of wikiHow in order to achieve more excellence than we have ever seen. People will always receive polite and kind support from you. Therefore, you have made permanent marks in the hearts of all the wikiHowians you have ever talked to, and so all of the community thanks you. I know that this might’ve come as a surprise, but I present you with your very own Ambassador Barnstar.

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• From Jasmine:

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Dedicated wikiHow Contributor

Hi Wikia! I think that you deserve this barnstar! Thank you so, so much for the help for the welcomer test. It has really assisted me!:) I love that you are always so willing to help people. Even if it takes a long time:). You really are worthy of this award! I don't know what wikihow would be without you. I hope you have an amazing day and had an amazing birthday:D. Happy wikiHowing!

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• From Ishita:

{"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/3\/3c\/Gold_barnstar_2_719.png","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/3\/3c\/Gold_barnstar_2_719.png\/111px-Gold_barnstar_2_719.png","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":439,"bigWidth":111,"bigHeight":106,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>Author: User Smurrayinchester on en.wikipedia\n<\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Gold_barnstar_2.png\">Original Wikipedia URL<\/a>\n<\/p><p>License: <a href=\"\/wikiHow:GNU-Free-Documentation-License\" title=\"wikiHow:GNU Free Documentation License\">GNU Free Documentation<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/div>"}

Dedicated wikiHow Contributor

Hi Wikia ! You are a dedicated contributor to wikihow. You work really hard to make each an every article amazing and very interesting. You are very kind , and help everyone. You are a high-quality contributor, and sweet too :). You always have words of praise for everyone which always puts a smile on my face.

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• From Ishita:

{"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/0\/00\/Raok_barnstar_880.png","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/0\/00\/Raok_barnstar_880.png\/111px-Raok_barnstar_880.png","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":443,"bigWidth":111,"bigHeight":107,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>This barnstar was introduced by TheCustomOfLife on August 2, 2004. New PNG version created by MattTM.\n<\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Raok_barnstar.png\">Original Wikipedia Link<\/a>\n<\/p><p>License: <a href=\"\/wikiHow:GNU-Free-Documentation-License\" title=\"wikiHow:GNU Free Documentation License\">GNU Free Documentation<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/div>"}

Kind wikiHow Contributor

Hi Wikia ! You are so kind ! :) You are one of the sweetest users on wikihow and have a heart of gold. You are really nice to everyone . This is your second barnstar that i have given you ( on the same day) because you have proved to me that you are really one of the best !😊😄 I have noticed that even if some users write rude comments on someone's talk page or do something wrong , you inform them with such kindness and help them find a solution . Kudos to you :) - Ishita

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• From Lily:

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Ambassador in the wikiHow Community

Dear Wikia,

You totally deserve this Barnstar! You are always so kind, helpful, and understanding! You always are helping someone out. There’s not much else to say, you just so amazing and kindhearted! Thanks for all you do! 💖🦄🌺💙 Love, Lily

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• From Aditi:

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Kind wikiHow Contributor

You are one of the kindest wikiHowians. Your messages were always welcoming and kind. Thank you for being so nice to wikiHow!

Other awards can be found here!

My wikiHow Journey

All dates are in UTC+8

• 09/20/2018 - Created my account
• 10/20/2018 - Wrote my first article
• 10/19/2019 - Got my 10th edit
• 10/19/2019 - Received my first thumbs up
• 10/22/2019 - First boosted article
• 11/05/2019 - Received my first fan mail
• 02/18/2020 - Got my 100th edit
• 02/29/2020 - Received my first wikiAward
• 03/03/2020 - Patrolled 1,000 edits
• 03/03/2020 - Got my 500th edit
• 03/05/2020 - Answered 100 Questions
• 03/06/2020 - Received my first Rising Star
• 03/06/2020 - Fourth boosted article
• 03/23/2020 - Received my first Barnstar
• 03/24/2020 - Patrolled 2,000 edits
• 03/24/2020 - Got 50 thumbs-ups
• 03/25/2020 - Got my 1000th edit
• 03/26/2020 - Became a Welcomer
• 04/05/2020 - Received my second Barnstar
• 04/06/2020 - Received my second Rising Star
• 04/09/2020 - Started the Welcomers Page
• 04/15/2020 - Received my 100th thumbs up
• 04/26/2020 - Patrolled 5,000 edits
• 04/29/2020 - Got my 2,000th edit
• 05/02/2020 - First article coauthored by wikiHow Staff
• 05/13/2020 - Answered 200 questions
• 05/19/2020 - Got my third rising star
• 05/21/2020 - Received my third Barnstar
• 05/24/2020 - Got a bunch of birthday cakes and a whole lot of happy birthdays.
• 05/25/2020 - Got a few more birthday cakes (in all, 6)
• 05/25/2020 - Received my fourth barnstar
• 05/26/2020 - Received my fifth barnstar
• 05/26/2020 - Received my sixth barnstar
• 05/27/2020 - Received my seventh barnstar
• 05/28/2020 - Stamped my first Tech Team widget
• 06/01/2020 - Featured in the wikiHow Herald
• 06/05/2020 - Got my 3,000th edit
• 06/07/2020 - Patrolled 10,000 edits
• 06/13/2020 - Got 200 thumbs ups
• 06/20/2020 - Received my eighth barnstar
• 06/30/2020 - Got my 4,000th edit
• 07/04/2020 - Received my fourth rising star
• 07/13/2020 - Got 300 thumbs-ups
• 07/16/2020 - Became an expert co-author
• 08/07/2020 - Got my 5,000th edit
• 09/05/2020 - Got on the “Meet a wikiHowian” widget
• 09/12/2020 - Attended the 2020 virtual wikiHow meetup
• 09/12/2020 - Patrolled 20,000 edits
• 09/20/2020 - Celebrated my second wikiBirthday
• 10/08/2020 - Got my 6,000th edit
• 10/25/2020 - Got 400 thumbs ups
• 10/29/2020 - Became a Featured Author
• 11/21/2020 - First featured article on main page
• 01/19/2021 - Answered 300 questions
• 03/26/2021 - Celebrated my 1-year welcomer-ship
• 06/27/2021 - Attended the 2021 virtual wikiHow meetup
• 09/20/2021 - Celebrated my third wikiBirthday
• 10/30/2021 - 100,000 collective article views
• 11/08/2021 - Got my 7,000th edit
• 01/05/2022 - Second featured article on main page
• 03/16/2022 - Became a trial booster
• 03/23/2022 - Boosted 100 articles
• 03/25/2022 - Became a permanent booster
• 04/19/2022 - Got my 8,000th edit
• 05/02/2022 - Became an NFD Guardian

Quotes and Inspirational Texts

• Two men looked out from prison bars, One saw mud, The other saw stars. - Unknown (though often attributed to Frederick Langbridge.)

• ...I made a difference to that one. - Loren Eisely, the last sentence from The Star Thrower, one of many inspirational texts

• No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. - Abraham Lincoln

• If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. - Booker T. Washington

• You don’t need a reason to be happy, but you need a reason to be sad. - Louis Sachar

My Links

• Mylinks - Some good resources
• My Templates - A list of templates I made
• My Awards - A showcase of my awards
• Archive - My talk page archive (this may take some time to load)
• My Logs - A log of all my activity excluding contributions.