I am not perfect. I do make mistakes. If I have erroneously reverted your edit, tagged your article for deletion, or done something else wrong, please leave a polite message on my talk page, and I will reexamine my actions. If I find that I have made a mistake, I will apologize and work to reverse any wrong actions I took. I am always open to constructive criticism on how I can improve my editing practices.

Hello everyone. I currently study chemical engineering in college. I have occasionally edited Wikipedia anonymously on various IP addresses since 2014 primarily to remove vandalism and fix poorly written content. I hope to consolidate my work, become more active, and gain access to better tools by registering an account.

My username, EclipseDude, refers to my love for solar eclipses. I became an umbraphile at approximately 11:40 AM on August 21, 2017, in central Wyoming when the moon eclipsed the sun for about 105 seconds. I am now addicted to solar eclipses, especially those of the "total" variety. Lunar eclipses are also pretty cool. The "My Eclipses" section below lists which eclipses I have seen and those which I plan to see in chronological order.

My main work on Wikipedia right now is reviewing recent edits on the Recent Changes feed, older edits using STiki, new pages for obvious spam or vandalism, and pending changes. On occasion, I will improve an article (often related to eclipses in some way) if it is poorly written and in dire need of help. I also participate in AfD to a lesser extent.

I can also be found on the Freenode IRC, mainly in the #wikipedia-en channel (and occasionally #wikipedia-en-revdel when I need to report particularly nasty edits) under the same username as here.

To-do List

• Convert Wikitable "infoboxes" to ((Infobox lunar eclipse)) in lunar eclipse articles and fill in any missing information.  In progress

Things I have created

Here are articles I have started or otherwise significantly contributed to. I do not consider myself much of a content creator, but I try to help out when I am comfortable in doing so.

• A few lunar eclipse stubs
• Donald Liebenberg

My Photography

• 
  My best picture of the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, photographed from central Wyoming. The diamond ring effect is visible along with lens flare.
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  Sunset in Newport, OR.
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  The Yaquina Head Lighthouse near Newport, OR.
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  Another picture of the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. This was taken about 35 minutes before totality.
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  Seoul at night.

The Tetons towering over Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, WY.

Userboxes

EclipseDude's Userboxes

Personal[edit] Language[edit] en This user is a native speaker of the English language. fr-1 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français. Cyrl-1 Д This user has a basic understanding of the Cyrillic script. Location and Travel[edit] This user lives in California. This user has visited South Korea. This user has visited 17 of the 50 United States. 17 This user has visited Bryce Canyon Nat'l Park in Utah, USA This user has visited Crater Lake Nat'l Park in Oregon, USA This user has visited Glacier Bay Nat'l Park & Preserve in Alaska, USA This user has visited Grand Canyon Nat'l Park in Arizona, USA This user has visited Grand Teton Nat'l Park in Wyoming, USA This user has visited Hawaii Volcanoes Nat'l Park in Hawaii, USA This user has visited Redwood National Park in California, USA This user has visited Yellowstone Nat'l Park in Wyoming, MT, ID, USA This user has visited Yosemite National Park in California, USA This user has visited Zion National Park in Utah, USA Personal Interests and Activities[edit] This user is an umbraphile and loves basking in the moon's shadow. This user is an undergraduate student majoring in Chemical Engineering. This user is interested in Chemistry. This user enjoys electronic music. This user enjoys ambient music. ॐ This user listens to Goa and psytrance. This user enjoys trance music MC This user plays Minecraft. This user listens to dark ambient. Miscellaneous[edit] 9 F 18.9984 This user's favourite element is fluorine. C++-1 This user is a beginning C++ programmer. Wikipedia-related[edit] Activities and Involvement[edit] This user is a recent changes patroller. This user is a random page patroller. This user fights vandalism. This user is a member of the Eclipses task force. This user uses STiki to patrol not-necessarily-that-recent edits. User Rights[edit] This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has extended confirmed rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) Miscellaneous[edit] # This user chats on IRC under the nickname EclipseDude. This user keeps track of attempts to vandalize this userpage (and probably laughs at some of them). This user requests RevDel on edits that meet the criteria for Revision Deletion. This user requests Oversight on edits that contain personally identifying information, among other criteria.

My Eclipses

Seen

• Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 (Partial, Southern California)
• Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014 (Partial, Southern California)
• Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 (Total, central Wyoming)
• Lunar eclipse of January 31, 2018 (Total, Southern California)
• Lunar eclipse of January 21, 2019 (Total, Southern California)

Planned

• Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021 (Total, Southern California)
• Lunar eclipse of May 15, 2022 (Total, Southern California)
• Lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022 (Total, Southern California)
• Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023 (Annular, Utah or New Mexico)
• Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 (Total, southern Texas) (viewing location selected based on historical weather patterns)
• Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 (Total, Spain)
• Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027 (Total, Spain)
• Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028 (Total, Australia)

Wikipedia Information

>Very low pending changes backlog: 2 pages according to DatBot as of 20:45, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia vandalism information
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Moderate to high level of vandalism

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