User:Aranel
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Aranel, also known as Sarah, has been an editor of the English Wikipedia since August 2, 2004 and an administrator since November 4, 2004. She has made a ridiculous number of edits, mostly because of her category work. She also dislikes talking about herself in the third person and is going to stop now.
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Name
I am actually named Sarah, but so is your little sister, your great-aunt, your second-grade teacher, and at least three people in your graduating class, the result of which is that the user name Sarah has been one of the first ones taken on every place requiring a user name since the dawn of time. Fortunately, it's an extremely durable name with eminently respectable origins. One hundred years from now, I predict that it will still seem like every third of fourth girl is named Sarah.
Sarah means princess and comes from Hebrew שרה. The Quenya word with the same meaning is Aranel, conveniently already appearing in a form that is appropriate for a feminine name.
Aranel ("Sarah") See my signature? Just to clear up any confusion, I did that on purpose. See, red is my favorite color, but just making my signature red is not confusing enough, so I made a red link instead (the link then became a little too confusing, so I made it just look like a link). It's a subtle (probably too subtle) reference to the fact that in a lot of Middle-earth-related articles, there is an unfortunate tendency to link every single name (even if its significance is minimal), as well as to give English translations after names in parentheses and quotes. Get it?
Favorite subjects
Having apparently abandoned my degree in physics, I've been nitpicking and expanding Middle-earth and Tolkien-related articles. I was initially quite delighted to have finally found an outlet for my vast stores of completely useless Tolkien knowledge, but then I discovered the joys of working on categories, which is endless entertaining for someone with my organization tendencies.
I don't just work on categories and Tolkien articles. I have also contributed to such subjects as French science fiction (I don't know much, but I can translate) and Looms.
References
Pages I want to keep handy. :)
- Manual of Style
- Special Characters
- List of Middle-earth articles
- Categories for deletion
- Vandalism in progress
Notes for Tolkien articles
- Hobbit, Dwarf, Man, Elf - not hobbit, dwarf, man, elf. (Unless referring to a generic male of any species.)
- Link dates to Second Age, Third Age, or Fourth Age (when appropriate, Shire Calendar for explanation of Shire Reckoning). Generally use dating systems of Númenor, Gondor and the New Reckoning at the beginning of the Fourth Age. Format: T.A. 3019, S.R. 1419, etc. as used by Tolkien in LotR. Linking avoids ambiguity of reference to "F.A.". Don't need to include this once time frame has been established.
- User:Aranel/WelcomeME
Notes for categories
- User:Aranel/unresolved - to label archive pages for unresolved CfD entries