User:Meadowlark

Hi! I like to wander around Wikipedia reading interesting articles (and then almost inevitably editing them a little). You can often find me on pages relating to monarchies, especially pages of lesser-known royalty and their families, courts, and companions.

This user is an Australian.
G'day, mate!

This user uses AEST.
Their current time and date is
12:20 AM / Sun 15 Mar 2026.

This editor is a WikiGnome.

Whenever possible, I try to improve articles by doing some clean-up work - usually fixing grammar, typographical or formatting errors, or bringing errant alternate spellings into line with the rest of the article. I welcome any feedback on mistakes I've made. If I am unable to respond promptly to any messages, I apologize in advance; I live with chronic pain and often have to take short breaks from editing.

My particular interests include helping new editors, common misspellings, BLPs, rewriting tricky sentences to improve their clarity, fixing dead links and bare URLS, and cleaning up AI-generated text.

Reference material

Manual of Style • Earwig's Copyvio Detector • article revision search • templates for citation/sourcing problems • Wikipedia Library

more specifically...

price conversion template • citing multiple book chapters • using non-English words and phrases • named references • family tree template

Editing (or, These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things (To Edit))

pending AfC submissions by category or lucky dip • copyvio cleanup • unsourced articles • citations needed • clarification requests • incomprehensible articles • copyedit requests • new pages feed • help requested • orphan articles • duplicated citations • hidden IMDB links (name) (title) • bare URLs • LLM filter

Peacock words These words tend to pop up in articles with WP:NPOV, WP:PROMO and WP:COI issues. Links are to search results, for easy investigation:

solutions • vibrant • customer focus • significant role • lasting impact • rich history • boasts • it's important to

Tip of the day...

How to create a new page

In the search box, type in the name of the article you wish to create. When told that the page does not exist, click the link either in red or with the question mark.

You can also type the title as the URL in your browser's link field and get there directly – e.g.:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_name

Perhaps the easiest way to start a new article is to follow a link to a page that does not exist yet. Depending on your settings, these links may show up as red links or have a question mark at the end of the link (red links?).

Note: The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is restricted to autoconfirmed users, though non-confirmed users and non-registered users can submit a proposed article through the Articles for Creation process, where it will be reviewed and considered for publication.

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