User:FranticSpud

FranticSpud
— Wikipedian ♂ —
Name	FranticSpud
Pronouns	He/Him
Country	United Kingdom
Current location	North East of England
Languages	English
Time zone	GMT
Hobbies, interests, and beliefs
Hobbies	Gaming, godzilla figure collecting and a few others
Account statistics
Joined	9th May 2025
Userboxes
	This user is neurodivergent.
	This user is a member of WikiProject Ants.
	This user is a participant in; WikiProject Insects.
en	This user is a native speaker of the English language.
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	⊱═════≿══⊱✾⊰══≾═════⊰; This user believes that there is; no cost too great.
	This user likes Godzilla.
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	despite everything, it's still you.
	This user absolutely loves Ralsei.
	This user thinks they might have too many userboxes. Oh well...

Hello Wikipedians, and welcome to my user page. Please do enjoy the read, and hopefully learn about me and my Wiki experience.

Wikipedia

I somewhat recently joined Wikipedia and I think I'm confident in it's tools, policies and guidelines, though I will make a few mistakes.

I created an account to expand and create articles related to ants. After finding AntWiki too complex for most people, and Wikipedia lacking coverage on many, many species, I decided Wikipedia needed help and I would likely be of use. I'm currently looking through ants of Britain, till I move on to more tropical species. I also plan to expand, fix and correct a handful of other topics, though mainly still in focus with my interests.

Currently

Occasionally edits can come in 5-10 small chunks, but usually I try to bundle a lot of small improvements into bigger edits.

View my sandbox here, where I'm composing/expanding articles as well as experimenting with a couple of features. I also have a second sandbox linked here, where I am putting relevant information and other bits and pieces. I'm also going to be attempting some essay writing or some variation in my third sandbox

Please note, my account is not dead or offline, I just can go for long periods without editing.

Interests

I love ants, Godzilla, gaming and a handful of other nerdy stuff, and these are my main focuses of editing, though I love the random article feature and before making an account I'd spend hours reading through the random articles it threw at me. I also love the concept of WikiFauna and I've enjoyed reading through them.

Notable contributions

Articles I have created: Stenamma westwoodii, Ponera coarctata, Ponera testacea, Hypoponera ergatatandria (idk how to spell it tbh)

Articles overhauled/major contributions/changes: Stenamma debile, Hypoponera Punctatissima

Photos I have uploaded:

First image, pocket bible
Grey Heron catching a fish
Low Barnes nature reserve
Another grey heron photo
A wallaby I saw on my trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park
A golden lion tamarin, I was one of 10 or 11 photographers taking this golden opportunity for a photo