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Hi! This is my user page I guess. Thanks for dropping by!
Although I will edit any pages I come across that look interesting, I am particularly inclined towards pages related to marginalized and underrepresented groups (LGBTQ, indigenous, non-Western, non-white, disabled, etc).
Drafts
Some drafts that I welcome additions to:
- Draft:Colectivo Madres Buscadoras de Sonora
- Draft:Feng Yuan (activist)
- User:ForsythiaJo/LGBTQ history in Alaska
- Draft:LGBT history in New Hampshire
- User:ForsythiaJo/LGBTQ radio
- Draft:Latisha McCrudden
- User:ForsythiaJo/Soledad Sevilla
Ongoing projects
- Translating some pages from Spanish Wikipedia - specifically, for musicals missing from English Wikipedia (see: Musicals (Spanish Wiki); to translate: Acompáñame, Azabache, El gran soñador, Escuela de calor, Las mil y una noches, Marta tiene un marcapasos, Otelo (musical), Quisiera ser)
- If I get through the musicals, I might also try to add some plays missing from English Wikipedia
- Peacemakers; writing articles on peace activists and organizations. Articles are marked with
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- Women Round The World challenge, writing a biography for a woman from every country
- Standardizing articles about LGBTQ people by country
Other potential subjects:
- Misper Apawu (photographer, Ghana)
- Ahmed Abu Artema (activist) - redirect
- Anita Asmah (Major General, Ghana)
- Maimouna Ba (activist, Burkina Faso)
- Astridah Banda (broadcaster and nun)
- Belize Assembly for Persons with Diverse Abilities (BAPDA)
- Sue Batten (firefighter, UK)
- Moufouli Bello (artist, Benin)
- Wally Dion (artist)
- Rula Hardal (activist & lawyer)
- Nava Hefetz (rabbi & activist)
- Kathleen Kim (actress) (actress & puppeteer)
- Samantha Martin (businesswoman)
- Chloe Quenum (artist, France)
- Jules Rabin (activist & baker)
- Kenrick Theus (disability activist, Belize)
Created pages
Biographies
denotes the class given during the most recent assessment of the article
denotes peace activists
denotes Paralympic athletes
denotes deaths which occurred after or were confirmed after the article was written
Basima Abdulrahman
Sally Abed
Noor Abuarafeh
Huda Abuarquob
Ibrahim Abu el-Hawa
Ghassan Abu-Sittah
Ruth Cox Adams
Arlene Agus
Plestia Alaqad
Mashael Meshari A Alayed
Dunya al-Amal Ismail
Deborah Amos
Ashager Araro
Shamsa Araweelo
Loka Ashwood
Eruoma Awashish
Hamze Awawde
Motaz Azaiza
Brigitte Bandit
Eli Baptist
Razia Barakzai
Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi
Imani Barbarin
Everett Barney
Khalil Bashir
Yousef Bashir
Jaime Lyn Beatty
Adam Berdichevsky
Margaret Morton Bibb
Yeri Bocoum
Marie-Louise-Adélaïde Boizot
David Brandt (farmer)
Yael Braudo-Bahat
Maria Bri-Bein
Natalia Broniarczyk
Ymania Brown
Altagracia Calderón
Bertha Felix Campigli
Greer Fay Cashman
Taylor Cassidy
Keely Cat-Wells
Im Chaem
Chen Zongying
Chilchitraryak Bootwansirina
Mona Cliff
Frances Coombe
Gizele Maria da Costa Dias
Nikki Crawford
Avi Dabush
Cody Daigle-Orians
Aurore Didier
Karen Donaldson
Carlota Dudek
Arlen Dumas
Josephine Dusabimana
Pashtana Durrani
Ashton Edwards
Lucy Edwards
Charity Ekezie
Tamar Elad-Appelbaum
EllaHarp
Amal Elsana Alh'jooj
Eivor Engelbrektsson
Hadassah Froman
Mickey Gitzin
Rachel Goldberg-Pollin
Greg Goya
Rachael Gunn
Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney
Avner Gvaryahu
Reem Al-Hajajreh
Rebecca Hawkins Hagerty
Kayleigh Haggo
Fatema Al Harbi
Sarah Hesterman
Nahoko Hishiyama
Rhonda Holy Bear
Lea Hopkins
Bezaleel Howard
Fiona Howard
Caroline Innerbichler
Maoz Inon
Intibint
Lahja Ishitile
Ina Jaffe
Catherine Jarrige (archaeologist)
Leah Jeffries
Mimi Jennewein
Wendy Jocko
Adrienne Lash Jones
Shalom Kadosh
Wanda John-Kehewin
Clinton Jones (priest)
ABilly S. Jones-Hennin
Elisabeth Kadow
Kala (TikToker)
Elisabeth Käsemann
Malak al-Kashif
Hayim Katsman
Fadi Kattan
Tuíre Kayapó
Mona Khazindar
Hind Khoudary
Gia Kourlas
Mary Lou Kownacki
Margaret Lambrun
John Lansing (journalist)
Antoinette Larcher
Ellen Morton Littlejohn
Lauren Lopez
Evelyn Lorena
Maziar Lorestani
Ruth B. Loving
Crystal Lucas-Perry
Nawal Al-Maghafi
Cecilia Magni Camino
Ibtisam Mahameed
Fatima El-Mamouny
Neha Mankani
Julia Marden
Maria Martin (journalist)
Troy Masters
Noor Askuzaimey Mat Salim
Malak Mattar
Cheyney McKnight
Chama Mechtaly
Rouba Mhaissen
Patricia Michaels (collab)
Jennifer L. Morgan
Moumen al-Natour
Helene Nayituriki
Suzuko Numata
Nur Jannaton Abdul Jalil
Dora Moono Nyambe
Rawan Osman
- Otis (bear)
Bisan Owda
Basira Paigham
Shailaja Paik
Makurata Paitini
Alla Parunova
Jean Baptiste Paul
Matcha Phorn-in
Claudette Monica Powell
Nimisha Priya
Natalie Psaila
Pot Roast
Mared Pugh Evans
Toribio Sabandija Quimada
Adele Raemer
Hystercine Rankin
Käthe Reinhardt
Francis Renault (performer)
Joey Richter
Julia Riew
Amy Roko
Olena Rozvadovska
Lilou Ruel
Cornelis Ruhtenberg
Geo Rutherford
Mitali Banerjee Ruths
Mahvash Sabet
Kira Sabin
Azad Safarov
Samantha Sally
Rana Samara
Caesar Samayoa
Nivine Sandouka
Peninnah Schram
Drew Shafer
Manar al-Sharif
Ala'a Shehabi
Haven Shepherd
Ruth Sherlock
Shelby Sherritt
Razieh Shirmohammadi
Henriette Siksek
Vivian Silver
Alice Bhagwandai Singh
Eka Skhiladze
Q. Smith
Taryn Delanie Smith
Saman Soltani
V Spehar
Nick Spitzer
Mercury Stardust
Chelsea Stein
Jessica Steinrock
Nelson Stevens
Rivka Sturman
Anoosha Syed
Manega Tapari
Rotana Tarabzouni
Eva Thomas
Amir Tibon
Thomas Thomas (abolitionist)
Nick Tobler
Trahamunda
Amira Unplugged
Shirley Ulmer
Hannah Uzor
Chelenge Van Rampelberg
Astrid Van Wieren
Nina Vatolina
Frieda Vizel
Christian Walker (photographer)
Melvin Way
Valery Wichman
Jenny Cumfry Williams
Matariki Williams
Cindy Woodhouse
Naoco Wowsugi
Justyna Wydrzyńska
Jemima Wyman
Zala Zazai
Nomika Zion
Gerda von Zobeltitz
LGBTQ
- Allonormativity
Beloved Arise
Boston Pride
- Disability and LGBT identities
Gay and Lesbian Information Bureau
Kalos Society
LGBT history in Connecticut
LGBT history in Massachusetts
Draft:LGBT history in New Hampshire
LGBT history in Rhode Island
LGBTQ history in Vermont
Mexico City Pride
Murders of Hattie Mae Cohens and Brian Mock
Murder of Richard Reihl
Noho Pride
Puerto Vallarta Pride
Tbilisi Pride
Tongzhi literature
Music
Theater
Los 40 el Musical - Spanish wiki import
Alma, Where Do You Live?
Apple Blossoms
Arms and the Girl
Babes in the Wood
Babette
Bare Facts of 1926
Barefoot Boy with Cheek
Baroness Fiddlesticks
The Blue Kitten
Boop! The Musical
Caligula the Musical - Spanish wiki import
Carib Song
Carmen, Carmen - Spanish wiki import
The Century Girl
Corazón mestizo - Spanish wiki import
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy
Good Night, Oscar
El Jorobado de París - Spanish wiki import
Joseph McCarthy is Alive and Living in Dade County
Laughing Room Only
La llamada (musical) - Spanish wiki import
Una luz timida - Spanish wiki import
El médico - Spanish wiki import
Midsummer Mechanicals
Of V We Sing
El otro lado de la cama (musical) - Spanish wiki import
Rumi: The Musical
Shucked
Starry (musical)
Summer, 1976
Swept Away (musical)
The Sun Dance Opera
Teresa, la Obra en Musical - Spanish wiki import
Trevor: The Musical
La truhana - Spanish wiki import
Wakaa! The Musical
Water for Elephants (musical)
We Live in Cairo
The Witch of Konotop (play)
Film / TV / Podcasts
Organizations and groups
A Land for All (organization)
Aizhixing Institute of Health Education
Amazonas de Yaxunah
ArtLords
Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children
Benedictine Sisters of Erie
Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica
Desert Stars (non-profit)
Gaza Sunbirds
Gaza Youth Committee
Hagar Association
Khaleej Aden Troupe
Madres buscadoras
Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development
Pink Angels Anti-Violence Project
Project Rozana
Road to Recovery (charity)
Roots – Judur – Shorashim
Shorouq Society for Women
Standing Together (movement)
We Want to Live movement
Women of the Sun (movement)
Books
Businesses, churches, and museums
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Church of the Unity
First Church of Christ (New London, Connecticut)
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
P&H Truck Stop
Peremoha (newspaper)
Papermoon Diner
Springfield Science Museum
Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines
Structures, monuments, and art
The Ark of Return
- Fairy houses
Murals of Springfield, Massachusetts
- Posters in the Soviet Union
South Mountain Fairy Trail
Triangle Fire Memorial
Events and occasions
- Bright Nights (Springfield)
- Kidnapping of Luis Albino
- Killing of Rebekah Byler
- Killing of Aysenur Eygi
- Seharane
Other
- Clown ministry
- Face equality
- Gulf Pidgin Arabic
- Majdalawi weaving
- Missing persons in Mexico
- Myth of the First Thanksgiving
Selected expanded pages
Biography
Cultural
Organizations / Events
Theater
TV / Web series
Categories
- Animation
- Expansion of Animated films by country of setting / by setting; expansion of Holiday-themed animated films and Animated films based on novels
- Creation of Animated films by period of setting, Animated films based on folklore
- Disability
- Expansion of People with disabilities by occupation
- Creation of LGBTQ people with disabilities
- LGBT
- Expansion of LGBTQ people by nationality and occupation
- Creation of LGBTQ people with disabilities
- Expansion of Anti-LGBTQ sentiment, Discrimination against LGBTQ people, and Violence against LGBTQ people by location
- Musicals
- Expansion of Musicals by country of setting and Musicals by period of setting
- Sculptures
- Expansion of Sculptures by subject and Sculptures by country
Recognition
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The Original Barnstar |
Good Night, Oscar is a very good page. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 06:16, 18 March 2023 (UTC) |
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The Editor's Barnstar |
For all the kindness you have done in editing my articles to make them a better text. —Patricia (Talk) 15:49, 8 September 2023 (UTC) |
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The Auckland Museum Wiki-Award | |
Congratulations ForsythiaJo! You've received the The Auckland Museum Wiki-Award as a thank you for creating an article on Matariki Williams, who was on our list of Aotearoa museum professionals who needed articles. Great job! --Prosperosity (talk) 22:56, 7 October 2023 (UTC) |
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The Citation Barnstar |
For your work on sourcing and improving Tatjana Đekanović! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 20:20, 28 November 2023 (UTC) |
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The Citation Barnstar | |
Thank you for sourcing and improving as much as you can on Death of Muhammad Zaharif Affendi even though I am a beginner editor. Harukkaaario (talk) 19:01, 18 December 2023 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
Thank you for your help with the Memory Statue edits. It is much better now. You Rock! Andrew AndrewTJay (talk) 19:00, 21 December 2023 (UTC) |
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The Editor's Barnstar | |
Hello there ForsythiaJo, I'm Candeadly and I am the creator of The Mandela Catalogue page. I'm here to say that both me and others working on this page highly appreciate your underrated hard work and intelligence. This page would not be in the state it is if it was not for you! Your level of contributions simply outstanding, as you have been the first steps for this page since the creation of it! (You have been contributing since February 20, 2023, almost a year ago!) And for that, I'd like to award you a Barnstar as a show of appreciation! Everyone in the Mandela Catalogue community truly appreciates your incredible contributions! Much love!! |
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The Original Barnstar | Thank you for your work on Lucy Escott. It is much appreciated. Jack1956 (talk) 06:29, 20 March 2024 (UTC) |
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Expanding Kato Mikeladze Award Winners on Wiki |
Thanks for creating the page for Alla Paruvonva! Lajmmoore (talk) 07:04, 14 July 2024 (UTC) |
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The Writer's Barnstar |
Thank you for writing about African women thereby fighting systemic bias. It is greatly appreciated. Best, Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 10:33, 9 January 2025 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
This is for your contributions to Marina Colasanti. 𝓔xclusive𝓔ditor Ping Me🔔 17:56, 2 February 2025 (UTC) |
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