CaptainEek

 

 

• AfC Roulette – They won't let me play craps here, so this is as close to gambling as you can get.
• Rogue AfCs – Not to be confused with Rouge admins
• Category:Wikipedia suspected hoax articles – To be regularly checked for untoward shenanigans
• User:HostBot/Social media traffic report – Experimental, also to be regularly checked for untoward shenanigans
• Cyberbot's handy AFD sorter
• Special:PendingChanges
• Sandbox 2: Electric Boogaloo
• Template:OD Outdent, for when conversations get wayyyy too many colons
• Template:Jk – A Levivich special, for those banter filled times
• Hemingway prose checker
• Active user checker
• User:Ian.thomson/Howto For AfC participants, an almost mandatory read
• User:Ian.thomson/Guide To show to new users
• TemplateCount for transclusion checking
• User:Fluffernutter/c

• [1] Contrary to popular belief, I am not Captain America, nor is my name based off said illustrious Captain
• Some Arbs go out for dinner...

 

 

• Cactus wren      
• Townsend v. Sain  
• Klepetan and Malena  
• Bouteloua chondrosioides 
• Bouteloua eludens  
• Bouteloua repens  
• Bouteloua radicosa  
• Bouteloua parryi  
• Bouteloua simplex  
• White-browed tit-warbler  
• Vermilion flycatcher    
• Callaghan MacCarty, 3rd Earl of Clancarty  
• Naval armour  
• Yeoman Warders Club   
• Thomas Raymond Howell 
• Climate change and birds 
• Giant pumpkin  
• Lia radiological accident    (Made TIL on Reddit, 200k+ views) (also hit the news after Australia had a little nuclear oopsie, 60k+ views)
• Gallic Wars   
• Echinocereus websterianus  
• Ever-Tite Roofing Corp. v. Green 
• Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. John D. Park & Sons Co. 
• Walnut Grove Dam    (8,372 DYK views)
• S. H. M. Byers   

Name of Project	Time Initiated	Time Terminated	Status: on Begin Date	Status: Currently	Status: Goal	Read: Annual	Finish:  /
Cactus wren	Feb. 2019	Jan. 2020	Stub	FA	FA	45,000
Achatinella apexfulva	Jan. 2019	TBA	Stub	Start	B	10,000
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon	Oct. 2018	TBA	Start	Start	B	20,000
Saguaro	Mar 2019	TBA	Start	Start	GA	350,000
Vermilion flycatcher	April 2019	June 2020	Start	FA	FA	25,000
American Civil War	Jan 2020	TBA	B	B	GA	4,500,000
Abraham Lincoln	Feb 2020	TBA	GA	GA	FA	6,000,000
Great-tailed grackle	Mar 2020	TBA	Start	Start	FA	70,000
White-winged dove	Apr 2020	TBA	Start	C	FA	40,000
Gallic Wars	Nov 2020	TBA	C	GA	FA	250,000

• Talk:American Civil War/Featured article push/archive 1
• Curve-billed thrasher
• Category:Native birds of the Southwestern United States
• Wound response in plants
• Pennoyer v. Neff
• Capture of Columbia
• Bird articles de-stubbed: 4

I was interviewed by the New York Times in 2023, and here's what they had to say about me, in the context of AI on Wikipedia:

When I asked [Eek], who has more than 24,000 edits to her credit, why she spends her free time — typically 10 to 20 hours a week — editing Wikipedia, she said she believed in sharing knowledge. “Plus, I’m just a big nerd,” she said. We were speaking by Zoom, late in the evening, and it was a conversation that had little resemblance to other long evenings of dialogue I’d had with ChatGPT. Some of [Eek]’s work spoke to her personal interests in nature and birds, like an entry she wrote on the vermilion flycatcher, which got about 21,000 page views in the past 12 months. She also told me she works regularly on the Wikipedia entry on the American Civil War, which had 4.84 million views over the same period. Her goal was to continue to work toward completeness and greater accuracy in that Civil War article so that it achieves “featured” status on Wikipedia, a rare recognition (usually marked by a star) of an article’s quality that is awarded by Wikipedia’s editors to about 0.1 percent of English-language entries. “My calculations in the past are, you know, more than 10 million people read my work in a year,” [Eek] said, “so it’s an honor to have people reading all that.

“We are going to have to create processes, we are going to have to have hard conversations,” she said, about the ethics of using A.I. to create Wikipedia articles. When I asked her whether chatbots would soon eliminate her opportunities for volunteer work, she replied, “I don’t ever — maybe not never, but certainly not in this century do I see robots fully replacing humans on Wikipedia.”

I wasn’t as sure. The allure of a chatbot conversation, despite its factual shortcomings, already seemed too irresistible and too enchanting to too many millions of people. In fact, my own hours spent with ChatGPT had chipped away at my own neutral point of view — not because the informational exchange was so rigorous and detailed (it wasn’t), but because the interaction was so captivating and effortless. Nevertheless, [Eek] was resolute. “I’m an optimist,” she said.

 

Captains log: Though I have long since surpassed the rank of Novato, I keep the squirrel book around because, well, its quite funny, and reminds me of one of the strangest and most unbelievable events of my life, which involved an old lady (who you could tell me was one of the three fates of Greek mythology and I would believe you) telling me to "Beware the squirrel shaped things". Not "squirrels". "Squirrel shaped things." It was most bizarre.

 

The metaphorical ship in which CaptainEek sails to edit

CaptainEek

Editor of the Week for the week beginning July 31, 2022

Engaging, thoughtful, and fun. An arbitrator and upstanding administrator with an impressive amount of content work. The primary contributor at varied articles like Cactus wren, Vermilion flycatcher, Gallic Wars and Giant pumpkin. Creative, patient, and deeply kind.

Recognized for

being a courteous content creator

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The Original Barnstar

Welcome, and thanks for your work on Townsend v. Sain! I'm doing a bit of editing on the article at the moment – you've done a great job, particularly for someone so new to Wikipedia. You're right that the article is probably too primary-source heavy at the moment, but there's a lot of potential here. I look forward to working with you on future articles! Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 19:55, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Hey- Thanks a lot for the review! I think its improved my confidence towards editing here more, so I might stick around; And that's all thanks to you! 💵Money💵emoji💵💸 13:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for the help, especially the Links which help explain things. Is123Biblio (talk) 08:06, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		I hereby award this barnstar to CaptainEek for having the flexibility to swiftly re-evaluate their views, and for being collegial with others who disagreed with them. FeydHuxtable (talk) 22:18, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

	The Editor's Barnstar
	In consideration of your well-reasoned and detailed analysis of the RfC regarding inclusion of text about Donald Trump's mental health. — JFG talk 09:25, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thank you for your contributions and collaboration regarding the close of the Australia RfC about including religion in the infobox. It was a pleasure to work with you. --DannyS712 (talk) 05:13, 29 August 2019 (UTC) DannyS712

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For excellent work on the committee close of RfC dated 23 June 2019 - Should religion be removed from the infobox? in Australia Chetsford (talk) 05:15, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

		The Third Opinion Award
		Your opinion at Talk:Lawrence Summers helped clarify the situation greatly! — WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:35, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

		The Articles for Creation barnstar
		for your assistance to editors at the AfC helpdesk. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 13:29, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

The Editor's Barnstar

First off, heartiest congrats on the huge success of your very first FAC. The first FAC can be a huge ordeal if not handled well, so I commend how well you have sailed through it. While reviewers might have helped you polish your work per the required standards, I believe the main editor(s) of the article deserve special praise for all the efforts they make in responding to each concern along with the general and often difficult job of expansion and cleanup of the article. Your FAC was a learning experience for me too, and most importantly a chance to get to know an awesome editor and appreciate their work (yeah, including all the stuff you help with apart from article expansion). I hope we get to collaborate more in future, all the very best Captain! :) Sainsf (talk · contribs) 20:36, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

		The Featured Article Medal
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of your excellent first Featured Article and the way in which you conducted yourself throughout the review. The first of many, I am sure. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:14, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Off to a quick start! Thanks for your work at RFPP and elsewhere. Take care, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 21:41, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

	The Closer's Barnstar
	Your thoughtful and concise close at Village Pump (WMF) did not go unnoticed. Please accept this token of appreciation for your excellent work. Atsme Talk 📧 22:47, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Birds of the Southwestern U.S.

 

Thank you for quality articles about native birds of the Southwestern U.S. such as Cactus wren and Vermilion flycatcher, and planning expansion for more, for keeping our ship shape and clean, - captain sailing "the high seas of Wikipedia, hunting for good prose and other booty", you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2440 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:12, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For reworking and cleaning up and rewriting Giant pumpkin! Looks much better-- Eddie891 Talk Work 22:42, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

		The Science Barnstar
		Here is a barnstar for expanding on male and female CycoMa (talk) 14:08, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

	The Citation Barnstar
	Template:Did you know nominations/Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin) "Fools rush in ..." but legal scholars do their research first. Thanks for your ameliorative citation and assistance. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:40, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	On April Fool's Day, it is good to memorialize your contribution to Nebraska v. One 1970 2-Door Sedan Rambler (Gremlin) on the main page. Your words of informed wisdom at the nomination page helped make it possible. Cheers. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:39, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

KevinL submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

Ahoy, it's a delight to be able to nominate CaptainEek to be Editor of the Week. The Cap'n is one of the very most engaged, thoughtful, and fun editors I have had the privilege of working with. They're best known for being an arbitrator and an upstanding administrator, but what I find most impressive is how they've stuck with an impressive amount of content work through it all. CaptainEek has been the primary contributor for everything from Cactus wren   and Vermilion flycatcher   to Gallic Wars   and Giant pumpkin. In addition to their many accolades, CaptainEek has a reputation for being creative, patient, and deeply kind. This nomination was seconded by Enterprisey

• "Eek, thank you for all that, it must have taken some significant time" --Jimbo Wales [2]

 

 

 

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Sometimes you just feel that spark of passion! [3] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:33, 24 March 2023 (UTC)