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This user helped "Abortion in Liberia" become a good article on 2024 October 8.
This user helped "Abortion in Madagascar" become a good article on 2025 July 13.
This user helped "Abortion in Malawi" become a good article on 2025 July 14.
This user helped "Abortion in Senegal" become a good article on 2025 January 31.
This user helped "Abortion in Sierra Leone" become a good article on 2024 September 27.
This user helped "Abortion in Zambia" become a good article on 2025 January 14.
This user helped "Abortion in the Gambia" become a good article on 2025 January 31.
This user helped "Bill Wurtz" become a good article on 2024 July 9.
This user helped "Brian David Gilbert" become a good article on 2025 May 11.
This user helped "Chinook Indian Nation" become a good article on 2025 February 8.
This user helped "Dollar slice" become a good article on 2025 February 23.
This user helped "Emmanuel (emu)" become a good article on 2025 January 9.
This user helped "Hindu Temple of Wisconsin" become a good article on 2025 February 19.
This user helped "Jim Rivaldo" become a good article on 2025 February 11.
This user helped "Serekunda" become a good article on 2025 January 9.
This user helped "r/BreadStapledToTrees" become a good article on 2025 January 14.
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Has earned the Systemic Bias Barnstar
Vigilantcosmicpenguin
 
Editor of the Week
for the week beginning July 13, 2025
This new editor took the time and effort to become a proficient encyclopedic writers who combats systemic bias and sheds light on perennially underrepresented topics. With less than a thousand edits they signed up for the 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest and submitted a slew of new articles about abortion in African countries, five of which are now good articles. They have written on many other topics besides, including quirky subreddits, musician BLPs, and cuisine under authoritarian regimes. This award celebrates their milestones. Hopefully, they will to continue their good work here for years to come.
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Hello, I am vigilantcosmicpenguin. I am an editor on Wikipedia. That is all.

Articles I've worked on

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This user has helped promote 16 good articles on Wikipedia.
This user has contributed 46 pictures featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

I love writing Wikipedia articles, and my editing can be rather eclectic. I consider my main topic area to be internet culture (such as Bill Wurtz, my first GA), but I also like to write about geography (such as Niamey, which won me third place in The Core Contest 2025), food, and just anything I find interesting. I also work toward countering systemic bias, which is how I ended up writing a series of articles about Abortion in Africa.

Besides that, I just like to write articles about subjects that seem like someone should write about them. Or just articles that I think are funny: see r/BreadStapledToTrees, Pizza in North Korea, Jorts.

Full list of my articles is here.

Barnstars 💛

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The Africa Barnstar
For your incredible coverage of abortion and abortion access in Africa. Yue🌙 22:05, 16 August 2024 (UTC)


The Editor's Barnstar
I came here to thank you for Pizza in North Korea, which is a particularly fascinating and fun article, but it's crazy to see you're the person behind Bill Wurtz! I love his music.

It is very nice to see a user that touches many different types of content on Wikipedia, so your works on various subjects from music to politics to religion should be commended simply for variety's sake. Panini! â€ĸ đŸĨĒ 01:35, 9 September 2024 (UTC)


The Anti-Systemic Bias Barnstar
Thank you for participating in the Developing Countries WikiContest! You've received 348 points, and here's a special award for your contributions.

... sawyer * he/they * talk 19:13, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

The Barnstar o'Lantern
Thanks so much for writing Brian David Gilbert and helping out with this year's Halloween DYK set! Di (they-them) (talk) 15:38, 31 October 2024 (UTC)


The Editor's Barnstar
Great job on Emmanuel Todd Lopez! Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI (talk to me!/my edits) 09:43, 27 January 2025 (UTC)


The SpongeBob Barnstar
It was a long time coming. Congratulations! TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 00:57, 22 April 2025 (UTC)


The Original Barnstar
For Abortion in Burundi. Thank you! JBchrch talk 19:15, 16 July 2025 (UTC)


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Most viewed DYK hooks
DYK hooks with 10,000+ views
Article Date Image views vph DYK hook
Pizza in North Korea 2024-09-09 54,304 2,262.7 ... that Kim Jong Il had Italian chefs flown into Pyongyang to introduce pizza to North Korea (example pictured)?
Yevhen Klopotenko 2024-07-10 23,476 978.2 ... that Yevhen Klopotenko (pictured) fought a "war for borscht"?
r/BreadStapledToTrees 2025-01-21 22,959 1,913.2 ... that there is a subreddit for photographs of bread stapled to trees (example pictured)?
Dollar slice 2025-02-20 21,106 879.4 ... that one-dollar pizza slices, a unique part of the culture of New York City, were originally sold near homeless shelters?
Nyango Star 2025-03-14 19,538 1,628.2 ... that Nyango Star (pictured), a half-cat, half-apple character who plays death metal drums, helps fund a town with a declining population?
Leg sleeve 2025-03-10 15,660 652.5 ... that a rookie WNBA player crafted a leg sleeve to avoid discomfort and did not expect it to become a fashion trend?
Bill Wurtz 2024-07-18 14,628 614.6 ... that Bill Wurtz once accepted an award with a two-word acceptance speech?
SpongeBob SquarePants Theme 2025-04-22 13,788 574.5 ... that the theme song to SpongeBob SquarePants was written by Stephen Hillenburg with the idea "to try to make the most annoying song you can"?
Mugging 2025-03-26 13,766 573.6 ... that when the crime of mugging gained attention in the UK, one book argued that mugging was not distinct from existing crimes?
George R. Dale 2025-05-03 12,034 501.4 ... that George R. Dale was sent to prison by a judge whom he accused of being in the Ku Klux Klan?
Jorts 2025-01-06 10,586 882.2 ... that jorts (example pictured), despite being worn by frumpy dads, are also associated with 1960s counterculture, punks, rappers, skaters, and "Brat summer"?
Hindu Temple of Wisconsin 2024-06-26 10,364 431.8 ... that the first Hindu temple in Wisconsin was built "in the middle of nowhere"?
Abortion in Libya 2025-07-07 10,040 418.3 ... that Libya's opposition to abortion has led it to form alliances with the United States and the Catholic Church?
Emmanuel (emu) 2025-02-02 9,969 415.4 ... that an emu named Emmanuel Todd Lopez was the target of a death hoax by undercover journalists?

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