User:StonyBrook

Hello and welcome to my user page. The camelCase-stylized username that you see is a nod to Stony Brook, New York, a hamlet on Long Island near to the place in which I was born and raised. I am not, however, affiliated in any way with the university located there.

Userboxes This user is a native of the U.S. State of New York.  0.00054%  This user has performed 7,300 of the 1,340,145,890 edits on the English Wikipedia.  0.0047%  This user has edited 3,063 of the 65,340,852 pages on the English Language Wikipedia. 0.0014% This user has created 920 of the 65,340,852 pages on the English Wikipedia. This user has created 14 articles on Wikipedia. This editor is not an administrator (verify) and thinks having the mop wouldn't be of much use to him. This user has been on Wikipedia for 9 years, 7 months and 13 days. en-US This user is a native speaker of American English. This user grew up in the suburbs. This user lives on or hails from Long Island. This user is a book lover. This user is male. This user has created 1 Template on Wikipedia. This user has created 86 redirects on Wikipedia. This user is a WikiOgre. This user enjoys pistol shooting. This user is autodidactic. This user has rescued 16 articles by improving them in the face of pending deletion. This user reads between the lines. ישיבה This user is a Yeshiva / Kollel / Seminary student. ISFP This user's MBTI type is ISFP. yi-1 דער באַניצער רעדט אַ ביסל ייִדיש. This user scored 272 on the Wikipediholic test (revision 905222318). This user has written or expanded 5 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user prefers the Legacy version of the Vector skin to the 2022 version. This user is of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. This user recognizes the Jewish Right of Return to Israel. This user's favourite subject is criminology. This user was born and raised in the state of New York >99% This user virtually always leaves an edit summary. This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than five years—since August 10, 2016.

I started out here with an interest in writing about American gangs. From there, it seems that I have branched out to other 'G's—gaons, gadols, gedolas, goners, goons, guitarists, gun-toters and gurus. With the help of Valereee, I have identified a new species of WikiFauna in the wild—the WikiButterfly.

I have been known to be active in category creation, and have had a modest participation in DYK space. I tend to show up at deletion discussions that provide a chance for me to skew keep, especially where the article stands a better chance after being improved. Even if it only results in a !vote to redirect, I prefer that option over deletion because at least in that case the article history will have been preserved. That being said, I am not averse to taking out the garbage when I do come across it.