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Hey, I'm Aidan. Most of my work on Wikipedia is technical and maintenance work, so I'm likely to be doing something related to templates, modules, tracking categories, or anything along those lines. A list of things I keep track of and try fo fix can be found at my /Bookmarks page.

I own 2 other accounts, Aidan9382-Bot and Permless, both in line with WP:VALIDALT. All regular edits will be made on this account only. Further information on those accounts can be found at their respective user pages. All questions about said accounts should be directed to my talk page here.

If you want to contact me by other, more private ways, I'm available by email, or on the wikimedia community discord. I'm also technically available on IRC as aidan9382, but I'm rarely on there.

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This user lives in the United Kingdom.

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This user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Templates.

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This user can program in Lua.

This user can program in Python.

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+Hey, I'm Aidan. Most of my work on Wikipedia is technical and maintenance work, so I'm likely to be doing something related to templates, modules, tracking categories, or anything along those lines. A list of things I keep track of and try fo fix can be found at my <span class=nowrap>[[/Bookmarks]]</span><!--the / can end up on a different line--> page.
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-== Me and my work ==
+I own 2 other accounts, [[User:Aidan9382-Bot|Aidan9382-Bot]] and [[User:Permless|Permless]], both in line with [[WP:VALIDALT]]. All regular edits will be made on this account only. Further information on those accounts can be found at their respective user pages. All questions about said accounts should be directed to my talk page here.
-Hey! I'm Aidan, and I'm from the [[UK]]. Most of my work on Wikipedia is [[WP:GNOME|WikiGnome]] work, however I sometimes tread into [[WP:ELF|WikiElf]] territory. I'm much more on the technical side of things, so I'm likely to pop up in template and module discussions, however I tread across nearly every major discussion board from time to time. I always watch pages ive been across, and I watch most users i come across permenantly, so I may accidental start [[WP:TPS|stalking]] your page.
+If you want to contact me by other, more private ways, I'm available by [[Special:EmailUser/Aidan9382|email]], or on the [[WP:DISCORD|wikimedia community discord]]. I'm also technically available on [[WP:IRC|IRC]] as aidan9382, but I'm rarely on there.
-The rest of my work commonly involves cleaning up after other editor's changes, probably because its not ''exactly'' right. If a recent edit I've done in response to one of yours seems to be a bit confusing, feel free to ask me for a further explenation. Don't worry - If I havent left you a notice on your talk page, it probably isn't a major or reoccuring issue, so [[Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Don't Panic|dont panic]] - and if it is, never fear, I've always got time to clear up after someone, its no problem.
+== Obligatory userboxes ==
-If you are having trouble trying to get something to work, if something is starting to spew out a little junk, or if you think some template out there could use a bit of attention, I'm always available to take a look. Just ask. The less technical issues left, the better.
-If you are curious about what work I try handle, a list of pages important to me can be found at my [[/Bookmarks]] page. When it comes to templates and modules, I've made particular improvements to [[Module:Excerpt]], and [[Module:Sports results]], as well as a bit of assistance to do with [[Help talk:Citation Style 1|citation issues]] and some more minor edits to other modules and templates like minor bug fixing.
-== Important Information ==
-I own 2 other accounts, [[User:Aidan9382-Bot|Aidan9382-Bot]] and [[User:Permless|Permless]], both in line with [[WP:VALIDALT]]. All manual edits will be made on this account and this account only. Further information on those accounts can be found at their respective user pages. All questions about said accounts should be directed to my talk page here.
-(To CheckUsers or similar) I actively host small services like TOR nodes from my home IP. These services are protected to prevent using them like a proxy (E.g. full-deny exit policy for TOR). If you believe one of my services have gone awry and my IP is proving to be concerning, please contact me immediately in private via email (or any other available private channel) and ensure to give me a {{tl|ygm}}. I will address the issue when possible and return anything I find.
-If, for whatever reason, my email is unavailable for use, I can be contacted on [[WP:DISCORD|discord]]. I am in the Wikimedia Community discord, and my wikipedia account is linked to my discord account. Simply search for me within the server. You can use <code>.whois [UserId]</code> to verify you are reaching out to the right person. Please ensure you are ''very'' clear why you are contacting me over discord, as I am in many large discords and occassionally recieve junk or useless DMs from random users. If the matter is not private and is important to wikipedia, I may request it is brought to my talk page instead. Other methods of contacting me are not available at this time.
-== Too cosmetic? ==
-Since most of my work is to do with the fine tuning of templates and formatting, my edits may start to seem [[WP:COSMETIC|cosmetic]] at some points. If you think my edits are passing this line, feel free to ask me on my talk page why I'm doing the changes I'm doing. I'll probably have an explenation ready, and if not, It'll save me some time avoiding the rest of the cosmetic edits, so its a win-win.
-Before you ask about cosmetic edits, please keep in mind that edits like:
-* Removing excessive spacing ''outside'' of templates and HTML tags (E.g. <code>Hey  there sir</code> vs <code>Hey there sir</code>),
-* Swapping templates to a similar ''but slightly different'' version (E.g. <code><nowiki>{{pp}}</nowiki></code> to <code><nowiki>{{pp-vandalism}}</nowiki></code>), and
-* Replacing deprecated content with the new functionally identical version
-Are '''not''' ''(normally)'' cosmetic, as these may present changes to the formatting or improve the categorisation or convenience of certain elements.
-However, edits like:
-* Changing padding around templates (E.g. <code><nowiki>{{done|Done}}</nowiki></code> to <code><nowiki>{{done | Done}}</nowiki></code>) unless overly excessive, or
-* Swapping templates for another version named differently but equal in functionallity (E.g. <code><nowiki>{{talkref}}</nowiki></code> vs <code><nowiki>{{reftalk}}</nowiki></code>)
-are cosmetic, and shouldn't be taking place by themselves.
-Please note that some edits I make may include cosmetic side-effects. These are normally for consistency or ease of editing for other editors, and should always come along-side useful edits. If you believe that some of the cosmetic side effects I am including are also proving to be too innapropriate, please tell me.
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-possibly use {{User t|2}} or similar (Dont see one about modules though)
-Ill do all that fancy userbox stuff and whatever another day, doesnt feel fit right now
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