Spartathenian This user lives in England. This user has been on Wikipedia for 25 days. This editor is a WikiGnome. This user is a random page patroller. This user participates in Articles written by a single editor. (You can help!) This user is interested in history. This user is interested in Ancient Greece This user is interested in the French Revolution. This user is interested in World War II

Hi! I'm Spartathenian. I hail from the beautiful county of Cumbria, but I'm spending much of my time in the great city of Liverpool for the foreseeable. I have lots of interests, though I prefer to read and write about historical topics. While I enjoy research and writing, I'm aware that many pages have issues of many kinds, and I do what I can to help resolve them (a mammoth task!).

• Nicias is almost complete, bar checking a few additional sources
• researching Siege of Ladysmith (several cn tags)

• Category:CS1 errors and Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors hold articles with citation issues

• HarvSfn is a selection of sfn issues for attention

• RANPP (see list below) and WP:AWSE are useful review gateways
• there are several maintenance scripts at User:Ohconfucius/script, including:

• dates.js— ensures date format consistency
• dashes.js— converts rogue hyphens (especially in date ranges) to dashes

• WP:ATD-R states that a page can be blanked and redirected if there is a suitable page to redirect to. If reverted, take to AFD.

(I'm also considering AfD Patrol and Recent changes patrol, but I need more site knowledge and experience first.)

• see WP:RSP for reliable and non-reliable sources
• use italic title to italicise titles of pages about publications (books, songs, etc.)
• see WP:GNOME for tips on error correction
• see book sources to find publishing info via the book's ISBN:

• see also its category at Category:Wikipedia resources for researchers

• example of how to use both chapter name and book title in same reference:

• {{cite book |last=Acerbi |first=Fabio |chapter=Archimedes |title=New Dictionary of Scientific Biography |volume=I |pages=85–91 |publisher=Scribner |location=Detroit |year=2008}}

• be aware of WP:COMMONNAME when choosing or questioning article titles