This user is a participant in WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies. This user is a participant in WikiProject Norse history and culture. This user is a member of the Runic studies work group. This user is a WikiProject Folklore member This user received the Editor of the Week award. This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 7 months and 12 days.

and ƿelcome to my corner of Ƿikipedia. While I have a general interest in all things folklore and folkloristics, language and linguistics, and essentially anything to do with history, I often focus on topics relating to the indigenous beliefs, practices, culture, and values of the Germanic peoples and their continued influence in modern society. I frequently edit on topics in Slavic, Classical, and general Indo-European studies as well. All of my edits are rooted in Wikipedia:Good article criteria.

About[edit]

I have been editing Wikipedia for over a decade now. There is a joy in producing what has every opportunity to be a peerless, entirely neutral reference work, limited neither by space nor deadline. While these articles are never "finished", I continue to hack away at bringing a variety of articles up to snuff. Ideally, these articles come closer and closer to being the highest quality springboards to further research one can find anywhere. And it's all free. No socio-economic advantage needed!

There are downsides. The process itself is messy and often difficult. This is partially because the software has become increasingly archaic but also because the project has over time developed internal social problems—see, for example, a 2015 article regarding Wikipedia's rampant sexism and its failure to rein it in. Although at its core Wikipedia is a platform for building articles, the Wikipedia community often views change of any sort as negative.

In addition, a clique mindset from users who seem to spend nearly all of their waking hours on Wikipedia all too often reigns. Over the years, some people have come to live their lives on Wikipedia. Communities have formed. In some circles, Wikipedia has become a clunky social network. Friends unblock friends. People—particularly those that spend all of their time on Wikipedia—gang up on those who don't, resulting in an often false idea of "consensus". In addition, a lot of time is wasted on misunderstandings, confusion regarding interpretation of policy, and, well, resident trolls.

It also admittedly gets a little old to clean up pseudoscience from articles, such as terminology and references unreliable sources on topics like cryptozoology, Young Earth creationism, and climate change denial. But the end result is often worth it.

I've decided to restrict my reverting abilities to one revert per 24 hours rather than abide by Wikipedia's three revert per 24 hour policy. Why? I don't have a lot of time to spend here these days and the three-revert policy seems to be broken (some users are arbitrarily allowed unlimited reverts during content disputes or a user that reports someone else for violating the three revert rule may themselves be blocked, for example). That said, I make an exception for unambiguous vandalism (Wikipedia:Vandalism) or personal attacks (Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks#Removal_of_personal_attacks).

My one goal on Wikipedia is to build articles. I am sure that we can all agree that Wikipedia articles should be easy to read, sources should be frankly stated up front, and no corners should be cut. I edit with this in mind. You are welcome to help me continue to do my part here by way of collaboration—in fact I hope you will, there's a lot to be done—but I ask that you first please take a look at Wikipedia:Good article criteria. If I make an edit that doesn't reflect this, let me know. To do so, please use my talk page.

Written/developed "Good Article"-status articles[edit]

I stopped producing Good Article-status articles years ago. This is mainly because I don't have time for the review process but I continue to edit with these principles.

Harvested (47)[edit]

Articles I've contributed to heavily, or had a large hand in developing, that have reached (and remain at) Good Article status:

Awaiting inspection[edit]

Freshly grown articles currently waiting to be inspected at Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations:

None at this time

The Farm[edit]

While I've authored/rewritten numerous articles on Wikipedia, here are some articles that I'm attempting to grow into something of quality enough for GA-examination:

Needs Replanting[edit]

High-priority articles that need to be rewritten:

• Germanic mythology
• Dís
• Norn

Gallery[edit]

A selection of my photographs that I've contributed to Wikipedia:

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  The Sønder Kirkby runestone features a prayer to Thor.
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  The Vimose Comb features the current earliest known runic inscription.
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  A bracteate likely depicting Odin, with a raven, his horse, and an ornate Suebian knot with the heathen Alu formula.
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  Detail of the Elder Futhark runic inscription on a copy of one of the two mysterious Golden Horns of Gallehus.
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  The Snaptun Stone, widely held to depict a stitched-mouth Loki.
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  Both silver, a female figure touches her hair while facing forward (left) and a figure sits atop a horse, facing another figure with a shield (right).
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  Easily the most exciting thing in Kolind, Denmark.
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  The mysterious Snoldelev stone featuring a swastika and the triple-horn symbol similar to the valknut.

More...

Kind Words[edit]

A collection of people being nice to me:

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your decade’s worth of contributions regarding Germanic mythology. Karaeng Matoaya (talk) 16:48, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		We have had many disagreements over the years, but I wanted you to know that I respect you for what you do. You have high standards for content and you try to hold articles on Wikipedia to those standards. Over the course of your time here, you have made many excellent contributions to articles on Norse mythology and folklore. More recently, you have done excellent work in trying to combat the POV-pushing of supporters of the pseudoscience of cryptozoology. I think your contributions warrant some appreciation, so I am giving you this barnstar. —Katolophyromai (talk) 01:38, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

You... you are a wonder. Not only knowledgeable, but dedicated, a trait far less common, yet far more valuable. You are the reason Wikipedia is free from those who would wish to destroy it for their own enjoyment. You are the reason people can come to Wikipedia for reliable and factual information. You are a person that, despite the misinformation and clutter of the world, can be trusted to give clarity and understanding on a subject that has touched the imaginations of many. For your work on culture on the medieval peoples of northern Europe, thank you. Floatsam (talk) 04:30, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

		The Good Article Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for your incredible efforts of bringing 30 articles on Norse and Germanic topics to Good Article status. Keep it up, but don't make your dwarven minions work too hard! –Holt T•C 17:51, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

		The Good Article Medal of Merit
		I award you this barnstar for you endless stream of Nordic mythology-related articles that pass themselves through the GA process. No other editor delivers such comprehensive quality in their nominations, making your articles a dream to review. Thanks for making Wikipedia a better encyclopedia. Arsenikk (talk) 11:54, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		In spite of our less than auspicious interactions in the past, I would like to recognize your valuable contributions to our coverage of Germanic topics. You have done some good work on Wikipedia. dab (𒁳) 20:39, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

		The Editor's Barnstar
		I award User:Bloodofox the Editor's Barnstar for his valiant efforts to keep irrelevant, unsourced and subtrivial material out of our articles. Haukur 14:13, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		For this excellent edit to Danish People's Party, I hereby award you The Special Barntar. Law Lord (talk) 22:18, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Bloodofox has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Bloodofox's day! You have made remarkable contributions to the project, and the editors and readers of those pages are and always will be grateful to you for them. We all look forward to seeing you return and continue in such development. Thank you again for your outstanding efforts at article development. Peace, Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:15, 24 December 2009 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here. Sorry, a bit late this one.

Sprouts[edit]

To expand or rewrite[edit]

Notes to myself (or you?) for eventual future work:

Alu (runic)

Beowa

Corn dolly, needs plenty of attention.

Fjörgyn and Fjörgynn

Godwulf

Hel (location),needs expansion

Merseburg Incantations

Neorxnawang

Nine Herbs Charm

Rune poems, needs expansion, particularly Scandinavian rune poems.

Runic alphabet, needs major work, including overhaul and standardization of individual rune articles.

Valravn

Zisa (goddess)

Æcerbot

To create[edit]

Articles I intend to create (or I encourage someone to start):

Boar helmet

Menglöð

Suti in Norse mythology

Workshop[edit]

Ongoing article projects that are not yet ready to be brought into their articles for various reasons:

• Haukurth's Germanic Mythology Art Project: An ongoing project to collect and upload all of the (now public domain) illustrations of Germanic mythology to Wikipedia. Many of these illustrations have not seen the light of day since the 19th century, and few realize they exist. That is, until now.

Handy links[edit]

• Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Norse mythology)

Notes[edit]

References[edit]