User:Rangasyd - Wikiwand

Hi, I live in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. I have an interest in Australian politics (history), particularly in regional and rural New South Wales, and most other things in RaRA land; yet sometimes stray far and wide from those topics.

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This user has been a new pages reviewer for 9 years. (verify)

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My sandbox

I also have an interest in historical and religious buildings and structures, whether they be churches, synagogues, monasteries, mosques, cathedrals, orphanages, or other similar structures. Typically, I will add {{Infobox religious building}}, {{Infobox monastery}}, or {{Infobox church}}, or similar infoboxes in order to assistant with consistency.

Please contact me if you've got any questions. Thanks.

Projects

I'm testing out this listed of suggested projects 'to do'.

In progress

Synagogues, mosques, monasteries, and churches:
- Globally, add {{Infobox religious building}} to each synagogue Done and mosque article, with consistent lead paragraph.
- Globally, add {{Infobox monastery}} to each monastery article, with consistent lead paragraph.
- Globally, add {{Infobox church}} to each church article, with consistent lead paragraph.

Completed

Religious buildings and structures

Globally, add {{Infobox religious building}} to each synagogue article, with consistent lead paragraph, and build full and complete lists by country, type of judaism, etc. Done

Australian buildings, structures and institutions

Medical research institutes
- A full and complete review of every medical research institute in Australia, adding {{Infobox institute}} and {{Medical research institutes of Australia}} and trying to ensure NPOV. Done
NSW Heritage buildings
- Worked with Kerry and The Drover's Wife to create and edit articles for each place listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. Done
Power stations
- A full and complete list of major hydroelectric power stations in Tasmania; articles for each power station; associated dam/lake; and a navbox for each power station/dam/lake system to add to all power station/dam/lake articles. Done
Schools
- Complete rewrite of Education in Australia Done
- Consistent formatting of all articles on Australian schools, irrespective of jurisdiction. Done

Australian geographic features

Islands
- Complete the list of islands of Tasmania; articles for each island; and a navigation box for Tasmania's islands to add to all island articles. Done
Lakes, reservoirs, dams and rivers
- A full and complete list of all lakes in NSW and VIC; including articles for each lake; and a navigation box, to add to all lake articles. Done
- A full and complete list of major dams in New South Wales and lakes in Tasmania, including articles for each dam/lake; and a navigation box, to add to all dam/lake articles. Done
- A full and complete list of rivers in the ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, and VIC. Done
Mountains
- A full and complete list of all mountains in NSW, TAS, and VIC; including articles for each mountain; and a navigation box, to add to all mountain articles. Done
- A full and complete list of major mountains in the Australian Capital Territory; articles for each mountain/range; and a navbox for each peak/range to add to all peak/range articles. Done

Australian people, roles, and positions

A history of NSW Government Architects. Done
Australian census
- Update all articles in New South Wales covering cities, towns, localities, local government areas, etc., with the results of the 2011 census and 2016 census; using a consistent format that provides a history of results over time, as well as current results. Done
A full and complete list of all NSW Government Ministries, including all Ministers and their terms and portfolios from 1850 to date. Done
A full and complete list of all ACT Government ministries, including all Ministers and their terms and portfolios from 1989 to date. Done

Statistics, if they matter to you, as at December 2025

153,000+

This user has made more than 153,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 15 years, 8 months and 23 days.

This user has created 11,000 articles on Wikipedia.

This user has created 120 templates on Wikipedia.

Awards and barnstars

Thanks to those that have chosen to pass on their messages of goodwill for my contributions to Wikipedia.

More information 10 Barnstars and other awards ...

10 Barnstars and other awards

		The Exceptional Newcomer Award
		For your excellent work on ACT politics, your general attitude and your diligence - and for being a very fast learner! - I award you the Exceptional Newcomer Award! Congratulations on a great first few months at Wikipedia - I hope you stick around! Frickeg (talk) 12:42, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

		The Invisible Barnstar
		For work on the New South Wales Government Architect artical. Amckern (talk) 01:24, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		for your tireless contributions to the islands off the coast of Queensland Phenss (talk) 04:00, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		Really nice work at List of birds of King Island (Tasmania). Your creative approach has payed off. There is a whole series (hundreds) of "List of birds of ..." lists that could be treated this way. I'm looking at your work to see what would be involved in doing that other places. SchreiberBike \| ⌨ 16:51, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

	Rainbow maker
	Thanks for making so many Australian geography articles bright and shiny. Shiftchange (talk) 11:06, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

	The Tasmanian Barnstar of Merit
	for persisent improvement of Tamsnaian material
	This WikiAward was given to Rangasyd by JarrahTree on 00:24, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thanks for your impressive work on Australian history S Philbrick (Talk) 14:17, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For keeping on trucking with the New South Wales State Heritage Register rollout! Kerry (talk) 19:12, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

	Barnstar of National Merit
	You have rolled out many hundreds of articles and taken many photos to illustrate them! Thank you! Kerry (talk) 07:32, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	You are doing a great job! Thank you and Happy editing. Baqi:) (talk) 12:49, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

In progress

Completed

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