24/3/2020 - I have added a news section on my userpage! This is a modular section, with the actual news being stored at User:BEANS X2/News. Update: the section is now available on the stable channel of my userpage.
24/3/2020 - I have a new event planned! Get into hype mode for an upcoming script Saturday - another Saturday event!
01/4/2020 - Happy April Fools! Here's to lots of jerryfoolery.
21/4/2020 - I've learnt to use WPCleaner! I look forward to being a more efficent gnome?
I mostly use the source editor over the visual editor, but use the latter for referencing and I use ProveIt for citations, as I'm not too good at using the templates. I joined Wikipedia to try and improve the article Gulval. I made a scattergraph of the guesses over at the eight-million pool. (I am red.)
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