I'm Thebiguglyalien (he/him), but I also answer to TBUA, BUA, and Alien. I'm a lifelong resident of Arizona, and my hobbies include editing Wikipedia. I created my account in 2015, my first edit was in 2017, and I became a regular contributor in February 2022.

I edit in various areas, especially history and political science. Most of my contributions are content writing, overhauling unloved articles to get them to good article status. I also engage in review work from time to time and I have New Page Patrol permissions.

Any allegations that I'm an alien from Mars bent on intergalactic conquest are entirely baseless and unfounded.

Useful links:
Wikipedia:Dashboard • Wikipedia 1.0 Server • WikiProject Cleanup Listings • XTools

Things I wrote:
Anyone can cook • April Fools Day 2023 • Good article reviewing guide • Letters from the editors • Stray thoughts

Required Reading

Conduct

Maintenance and Writing

Neutrality

Source Wishlist

These sources are essential for articles I wish to work on. One day, I shall get my hands on them.

Britannica Book of the Year, 2004. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2004. ISBN 978-1-59339-100-3. – Covers the events of 2003
Britannica Book of the Year, 2005. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2005. ISBN 978-1-59339-246-8. – Covers the events of 2004
Marvel's Fantastic Four: The First 60 Years. Titan Books. 2022. ISBN 978-1-78773-315-2.
Walser, Harald (2021). Ein Engel in der Hölle von Auschwitz: Das Leben der Krankenschwester Maria Stromberger (in German). Falter Verlag. ISBN 978-3-85439-702-1.

Promoted Articles

3 Featured Articles • 1 Featured List • 59 Good Articles (62 promoted)

First ladies of the United States

History and social sciences

Federalist Papers

Entertainment and media

Philosophers

Misc

Longest FA: Barbara Bush (8,019 words)
Shortest FA: Frances Cleveland (4,250 words)
Most popular FA: Barbara Bush (1,775 daily views)
Least popular FA: Lou Henry Hoover (264 daily views)

Longest GA: Political ideologies in the United States (7,133 words)
Shortest GA: Leucippus (739 words)
Most popular GA: Iron Man (2,991 daily views)
Least popular GA: Trinidad Arroyo (14 daily views)

Nominations:

Current nominations

War Machine (start)
Politics of Botswana (nom)
Iveta Radičová (start)
Thor (Marvel Comics) (start)
The Death of Captain Marvel (start)
Samia Suluhu Hassan (nom)
Leucippus (nom)
Autocracy (nom)
Edith Roosevelt (start)

Good articles in progress

Featured articles in progress

Possible good topics

The Federalist Papers (13/86)
List of first ladies of the United States (28/53)
History of the United States (1/~12)
2000s (1/11)
Fantastic Four (0/5)
Eleatics (1/4)

Articles I've Reviewed

Ryukyu dog (rev)
Betty Hall (nom)
Shannon Lucid (nom)
The Immaculate Collection (nom)
Rajani Pandit (nom)
Katie Sierra free speech case (nom)
The Bone People (nom)
Agnes Weinrich (nom)
Jessica Martin (nom)
Rubel Phillips (nom)
Daniel Parke (nom)
Trust (Elvis Costello album) (nom)
Handcream for a Generation (nom)
Bernie Wrightson (nom)
Robert Todd Lincoln (nom)
30 Goes Around the Sun (nom)
Knowledge (nom)
Illusory Walls (nom)
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo (nom)
Duran Duran (1981 album) (nom)
Purple shore crab (nom)
Presidential transition of John F. Kennedy (nom)
Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution (nom)
Redistricting in Texas (nom)
Ellie Black (nom)
Angela Farmer (nom)
Hidilyn Diaz (nom)
Where Is the Feeling? (nom)
Yella Hertzka (nom)
Mi Buen Amor (Gloria Estefan song) (nom)
Everywhere (Michelle Branch song) (nom)
Australiformis (nom)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (nom)
Unwanted (album) (nom)
Misanthropy (nom)
Seven and the Ragged Tiger (nom)
Dopethrone (nom)
1987 Forsyth County protests (nom)
Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 (nom)
Joe Camel (nom)
The Night Before (song) (nom)
1922 Austin twin tornadoes (nom)
Jorge Sampaio (nom)
Captain America (nom)
The Courage to Be Free (nom)
Orangeburg massacre (nom)
My Little Red Book (nom)
When I Die, Will I Get Better? (nom)
Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone (nom)
KNP Complex Fire (nom)
Treacherous (Taylor Swift song) (nom)
Governor of North Carolina (nom)
William L. Breckinridge (nom)
Gatlinburg Bypass (nom)
2023 Djerba shooting (nom)
Philosophy (nom)
Bejeweled (song) (nom)
Those Once Loyal (nom)
1989 Serbian general election (nom)
Nicholas Russo (nom)
Not the End of the World (song) (nom)
Kim Janey (nom)
Jack of All Parades (nom)
No Saint (nom)
Batal Hajji Belkhoroev (nom)
La Tortura (nom)
Battle of Longewala (nom)
Gingham dress of Judy Garland (nom)
Phil Harvey (manager) (nom)
Kingdom Rush (nom)
Scotland County, North Carolina (nom)
KCPQ (nom)
Incapillo (nom)
Don West (wrestling) (nom)
Nestor Makhno (nom)
MLS Cup 2019 (nom)
Raffles Place MRT station (nom)
The Spider (magazine) (nom)
Stronger Than Jesus (nom)
Inez Robb (nom)
Jessica Alexander (nom)
Reigning Still (nom)
Liz Truss (nom)
Ashraf Dehghani (nom)
Patricia Banks Edmiston (nom)
Doom (2016 video game) (nom)
Stefon (rev)
Aguilera (volcano) (rev)
Alice of Champagne (rev)
The Moxy Show (nom)

GAN unless otherwise noted. PR in italics. FAC in bold.

Awards

Incremental awards

Veteran Editor^[a]
Imperial Triple Crown Jewels^[b]

Individual awards

The Original Barnstar^[c]
A kitten for you!^[d]
Vital Barnstar^[e]
Tireless Contributor Barnstar^[f]
Stub Barnstar^[g]
The U.S. Barnstar of National Merit^[h]
Women in Green Editathon Barnstar^[i]
The DYK Barnstar^[j]
Precious^[k]
The Teamwork Barnstar^[l]
The Original Barnstar^[m]
The Barnstar o'Lantern^[n]
The Featured Article Medal^[o]
Women in Green Editathon Barnstar^[p]
Content Creativity Barnstar^[q]
The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia^[r]
The Original Barnstar^[s]
WikiCup 2nd Place^[t]
Goddess Barnstar^[u]
Women in Green Editathon Barnstar^[v]

Award messages
^ This editor is a Veteran Editor and is entitled to display this Iron Editor Star. ^ qualifies for 2–4 standard triple crowns; To be eligible for a Triple Crown, you must satisfy all of the following: Be a major contributor to an article that gets highlighted at "Did you know". Be a major contributor to a good article or good topic. Be a major contributor to a piece of featured content. ^ For excellent work on Political ideologies in the United States. May this barnstar be the first of many. Ruбlov (talk • contribs) 22:52, 10 April 2022 (UTC) ^ For creating Esperanto in the Soviet Union, well-written and interesting article. (t · c) buidhe 21:24, 27 May 2022 (UTC) ^ Thanks for cleaning up Skeleton and expand it to 30kb. Hopefully, this would be the first of many and pave the way for the eventual ambitious goal. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 14:01, 1 August 2022 (UTC) ^ This is for your expansion of a whopping 9 articles: Social equality, Secularism, Rock (geology), Skeleton, Earth science, Man, Fiction, Human behavior, and Nutrition. And... ^ This is for your whopping expansion of 107813 bytes. Congratulations! CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 02:15, 1 September 2022 (UTC) ^ for your hard work and thoughtful, insightful approach to greatly expanding and structuring a wealth of material, at the article History of the United States government. Sm8900 (talk) 14:59, 14 October 2022 (UTC) ^ Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nominations Jane Pierce, Mamie Eisenhower, Caroline Harrison, Lou Henry Hoover, Mary Arthur McElroy, Frances Cleveland and Abigail Fillmore and GA reviews for Betty Hall, Shannon Lucid, The Immaculate Collection, Katie Sierra suspension controversy, The Bone People, Rajani Pandit, 2022 CAFA Women's Championship and Agnes Weinrich at the WiG Wildcard Edition editathon! You were an amazing addition to this event, and I think you're developing strong GA editing and reviewing skills. Keep up the great work — I hope we see you at future WiG events. Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 15:11, 12 November 2022 (UTC) ^ Hereby I award you this DYK Barnstar for 2021 in China. I wish there was a more specific one for WikiProject Years but I suppose this would do. BorgQueen (talk) 01:05, 23 November 2022 (UTC) ^ historic U.S. women for quality articles about influential women in U.S. history such as Mary Arthur McElroy, Jane Pierce and Mamie Eisenhower, for Politics in The Simpsons, for expanding general articles including skeleton, man and nutrition, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! ^ For your participation and help at Wikipedia:Good Article proposal drive 2023. It wouldn't have been such a success without you. 🏵️Etrius ( Us) 21:01, 21 February 2023 (UTC) ^ Marthe Wandou is a very good page. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 05:58, 26 February 2023 (UTC) Kahina Bahloul is a very good page. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 02:52, 2 March 2023 (UTC) Rose Shahfa is a well made page. Great work! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 06:28, 11 March 2023 (UTC) Killer toy is a very good article. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 04:32, 15 March 2023 (UTC) ^ Hereby I award you this barnstar for Killer toy. Nice work! BorgQueen (talk) 10:56, 17 March 2023 (UTC) ^ By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 21:51, 23 June 2023 (UTC) ^ Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nominations Barbara Bush, Sarita Colonia, Sarah Yorke Jackson, Lucretia Garfield and Clara Stauffer, along with completing GA reviews for Ellie Black, Angela Farmer, Hidilyn Diaz, Where Is the Feeling?, Yella Hertzka, Mi Buen Amor and Everywhere at the latest WiG Wildcard Edition editathon! Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 23:03, 25 July 2023 (UTC) ^ Your work on Military dictatorship, exemplified by your patience and proactive action during its GA review, are characteristic of the finest Wikipedia has to offer. Thank you! ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:16, 12 August 2023 (UTC) ^ We really appreciate that you reviewed 41 GANs during the drive. Due in part to your efforts, the backlog of unreviewed nominations was reduced by 440 articles, an astonishing 69 percent. (t · c) buidhe 07:16, 6 September 2023 (UTC) ^ For military dictatorship. While it may not be perfect, it is thus far a great encapsulation of the subject. I always struggled with such broad topics with global implications and applications and thus tend to shy away from them. I'm sure this has been a mighty undertaking and wish you well as you continue to improve the article. Indy beetle (talk) 06:24, 15 October 2023 (UTC) ^ Awarded to Thebiguglyalien for being one of the eight finalists in the 2023 WikiCup, and taking second place. Congratulations! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:04, 10 November 2023 (UTC) ^ For your incredible work on articles on women. Saw you haven't edited for a while, and hope you're well. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:56, 8 December 2023 (UTC) ^ At last – here is your barnstar! Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nominations Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Cesária Évora, Iveta Radičová, Nona Gaprindashvili and Catherine Samba-Panza, along with GA reviews completed for Stronger Than Jesus, Jessica Alexander, Reigning Still, Inez Robb, Ashraf Dehghani and Patricia Banks Edmiston during the WiG "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article editathon. You've done some really great work this year, and I hope everything is well going into the holiday season. Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 17:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Award messages

^ This editor is a Veteran Editor and is entitled to display this Iron Editor Star.
^ qualifies for 2–4 standard triple crowns; To be eligible for a Triple Crown, you must satisfy all of the following: Be a major contributor to an article that gets highlighted at "Did you know". Be a major contributor to a good article or good topic. Be a major contributor to a piece of featured content.
^ For excellent work on Political ideologies in the United States. May this barnstar be the first of many. Ruбlov (talk • contribs) 22:52, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
^ For creating Esperanto in the Soviet Union, well-written and interesting article. (t · c) buidhe 21:24, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
^ Thanks for cleaning up Skeleton and expand it to 30kb. Hopefully, this would be the first of many and pave the way for the eventual ambitious goal. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 14:01, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
^ This is for your expansion of a whopping 9 articles: Social equality, Secularism, Rock (geology), Skeleton, Earth science, Man, Fiction, Human behavior, and Nutrition. And...
^ This is for your whopping expansion of 107813 bytes. Congratulations! CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 02:15, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
^ for your hard work and thoughtful, insightful approach to greatly expanding and structuring a wealth of material, at the article History of the United States government. Sm8900 (talk) 14:59, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
^ Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nominations Jane Pierce, Mamie Eisenhower, Caroline Harrison, Lou Henry Hoover, Mary Arthur McElroy, Frances Cleveland and Abigail Fillmore and GA reviews for Betty Hall, Shannon Lucid, The Immaculate Collection, Katie Sierra suspension controversy, The Bone People, Rajani Pandit, 2022 CAFA Women's Championship and Agnes Weinrich at the WiG Wildcard Edition editathon! You were an amazing addition to this event, and I think you're developing strong GA editing and reviewing skills. Keep up the great work — I hope we see you at future WiG events. Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 15:11, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
^ Hereby I award you this DYK Barnstar for 2021 in China. I wish there was a more specific one for WikiProject Years but I suppose this would do. BorgQueen (talk) 01:05, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
^ historic U.S. women for quality articles about influential women in U.S. history such as Mary Arthur McElroy, Jane Pierce and Mamie Eisenhower, for Politics in The Simpsons, for expanding general articles including skeleton, man and nutrition, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
^ For your participation and help at Wikipedia:Good Article proposal drive 2023. It wouldn't have been such a success without you. 🏵️Etrius ( Us) 21:01, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
^ Marthe Wandou is a very good page. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 05:58, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
Kahina Bahloul is a very good page. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 02:52, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
Rose Shahfa is a well made page. Great work! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 06:28, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
Killer toy is a very good article. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 04:32, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
^ Hereby I award you this barnstar for Killer toy. Nice work! BorgQueen (talk) 10:56, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
^ By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 21:51, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
^ Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nominations Barbara Bush, Sarita Colonia, Sarah Yorke Jackson, Lucretia Garfield and Clara Stauffer, along with completing GA reviews for Ellie Black, Angela Farmer, Hidilyn Diaz, Where Is the Feeling?, Yella Hertzka, Mi Buen Amor and Everywhere at the latest WiG Wildcard Edition editathon! Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 23:03, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
^ Your work on Military dictatorship, exemplified by your patience and proactive action during its GA review, are characteristic of the finest Wikipedia has to offer. Thank you! ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:16, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
^ We really appreciate that you reviewed 41 GANs during the drive. Due in part to your efforts, the backlog of unreviewed nominations was reduced by 440 articles, an astonishing 69 percent. (t · c) buidhe 07:16, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
^ For military dictatorship. While it may not be perfect, it is thus far a great encapsulation of the subject. I always struggled with such broad topics with global implications and applications and thus tend to shy away from them. I'm sure this has been a mighty undertaking and wish you well as you continue to improve the article. Indy beetle (talk) 06:24, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
^ Awarded to Thebiguglyalien for being one of the eight finalists in the 2023 WikiCup, and taking second place. Congratulations! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:04, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
^ For your incredible work on articles on women. Saw you haven't edited for a while, and hope you're well. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 21:56, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
^ At last – here is your barnstar! Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nominations Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Cesária Évora, Iveta Radičová, Nona Gaprindashvili and Catherine Samba-Panza, along with GA reviews completed for Stronger Than Jesus, Jessica Alexander, Reigning Still, Inez Robb, Ashraf Dehghani and Patricia Banks Edmiston during the WiG "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article editathon. You've done some really great work this year, and I hope everything is well going into the holiday season. Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 17:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)