Shadestar474

ᛞShadestar474ᛞ

Hi! My online name is Shadestar, and my interests mainly include video games (particularly Minecraft), Pokémon, food & drink, history of the Celts and peoples of the British Isles (because I am descended from Scottish and Irish people), cats, anime, fashion, music, and reading.

I mainly copyedit, revert vandalism with Twinkle, and do random page patrol.

I consider myself a newcomer, so please feel free to give me any tips or advice!

Userboxes

My userboxes

This user eats Chicken Fingers as often as they can.

This editor is a Novice Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.

This user enjoys seafood dishes.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Scotland.

This user is completely addicted to chocolate

This user is a member of
the Guild of Copy Editors.

My family is from the British Isles.

This user plays Minecraft.

CAT.

Shiny stuff

		The (old school) League of Copy Editors Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Shadestar474 for copy edits totaling over 15,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE October 2023 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 13:11, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

		The Copy Editor's 10K Star
		This barnstar is awarded to Shadestar474 for copy-editing at least one individual article of more than 10,000 words during the most recent Guild of Copy Editors' Drive or Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 13:11, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

My favorite things

My favorite Gaelic legend: The Story of Deirdre of the Sorrows

My favorite card game: Pokémon Trading Card Game

My favorite video game: Minecraft

My favorite play: Macbeth

My favorite work to do on Wikipedia: WP:RCP

WikiTips!

Tip of the moment...

Screenshots

If you need to illustrate an article about software or a website, a good tip is to take screenshots.

In Microsoft Windows, a screenshot of the entire monitor, complete with taskbar, can be copied to the system clipboard by pressing the Prt Sc key. Alternatively, pressing Alt+Prt Sc will copy just the active window to the clipboard. You can then paste the clipboard into a program like MS Paint or Paint.NET using Ctrl+V, and then save it as an image file (for uploading to Wikipedia, for instance).

In Mac OS X, simply prepare your screen to how you want it to look, then hit ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+3 (not the number pad 3) simultaneously. The new image will appear as a PNG on your desktop. Additionally, if you only want to capture part of the screen, you can hit ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+4, click and drag over the part of the screen you would like to capture and release, also saving it as a PNG on your desktop.

When uploading, be sure to use an appropriate copyright tag, such as web-screenshot.

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To-do List

1. Sign up for the next GoCE Copy Editing blitz

2. Go to the community portal and do tasks from there