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[[Image:John William Waterhouse - I am half-sick of shadows, said the lady of shalott.JPG|thumb|300px|''I am half-sick of shadows, said the Lady of Shalott'' by John William Waterhouse, 1916.]]

Hello! I'm Shoebox -- on account of living in a really tiny apartment when I got my first Net connexion, basically. Friends call me Shoe. Fortyish female Canadian semipro writer (ie. real-world admin assistant), inclined to be iconoclastic but doesn't actually bite. Adores cats, chocolate, comedy and history, is fascinated by the fine arts and natural world, makes something of a hobby of classic children's literature, and is just generally a regular browser of the [[Unusual_articles|Unusual Articles]] list.

My Wikiediting philosophy is pretty simple and, I suspect, not unusual: I want to ensure subjects I care about get the best possible representation on the Net's premiere information source... 

...well, OK, there's also the "solemn vow to seek out and destroy bad prose wherever it may lurk" thing. Picture a ''very'' impressive blood oath ceremony, except with red ink. 

So I've mostly just been roaming [[WP:GNOME|gnomishly]] around, helping to buff up any articles of interest I might encounter... until my particular affection for the ''[[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'' TV-verse ''(somehow...)'' led me to help raise [[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|the parent article]] to FA status and entirely rewrite the [[List of Horrible Histories episodes|episode list]]. Before I knew it, I'd also created the articles for the starring cast's new series ''[[Yonderland]]'' and upcoming film ''[[Bill (2015 film)|Bill]]''. ''And'' significantly contributed to articles for castmember [[Mathew Baynton]] and his own major TV project, ''[[The Wrong Mans]]''.

Clearly there was no going back, and the next step forward seemed obvious. In March 2014, I [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Good_articles/Recruitment_Centre/Recruiter_Central/Archives/Shoebox2 graduated] as a certified Good Article reviewer under mentor [[User:Figureskatingfan|Figureskatingfan]]. I hope thus to continue to contribute as an active, effective force for article improvement. 

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==Current projects==

Mulling over several followup potential GA nominations, including the articles for favourite films ''[[Dodsworth (film)|Dodsworth]]'', ''[[Double Indemnity (film)|Double Indemnity]]'' and [[Holiday (1938 film)|''Holiday'' (1938)]], favourite authors [[Patrick F. McManus]] and [[E.E. Cummings]], band [[Hall & Oates]], and actor [[Michael Palin]] ... just have to get over my allergy to sourcing. ("Dammit, Jim, I'm a copyeditor, not a researcher!")

Am also cuddling and petting the ''Bill'' and ''Yonderland'' articles along, with an eye towards possibly someday earning a [[WP:FOUR|Four Award]]. (Never mind the snickering, everyone needs a dream.) 

Meanwhile, while on a recent self-imposed break from entertainment/media articles, spent a bit of time on a thorough copyedit of the article on the [[Birman]] domestic cat breed. Enjoyed the experience so much I officially joined [[WP:WPCAT|WikiProject Cats]] and am currently sorting through the rest of the breed articles to see if I can be of any similar help. Further articles thus (hopefully) improved so far include:

*[[Abyssinian cat|Abyssinian]]
*[[Burmese cat|Burmese]]
*[[Tonkinese cat|Tonkinese]]
*[[Balinese cat|Balinese]]
*[[British Shorthair]]

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For your sterling work on ''Horrible Histories''. Thanks  <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;">[[User:Spanglej|Span]] ([[User talk:Spanglej|talk]])</span> 00:06, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | For your awesome scrutiny and copyediting in [[Impala]]. No doubt, you have made a marvel out of it! You really went to the depths of the article! Your lessons will be a profound help to me later on. Congrats, and Good luck for your "WikiJourney"!  [[User:Sainsf|<span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size: 12pt; color:blue">'''S'''ains'''f'''</span>]] <span style="color:violet;">&lt;^&gt;</span><sub>[[User talk:Sainsf|<span style="color:purple;">Talk all words</span>]]</sub> 07:52, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For your very first TFA, [[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)]], and for surviving the day with most of the article and your dignity in tact.  Good work! [[User:Figureskatingfan|Christine (Figureskatingfan)]] ([[User talk:Figureskatingfan|talk]]) 03:13, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
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'''cats' horrible histories'''<br />
Thank you, editor adoring cats, chocolate and comedy, for quality articles such as [[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|Horrible Histories]], for copy-editing ([[Birman|smaller]] and [[Tiger|bigger cats]]) and reviewing, for your "solemn vow to seek out and destroy bad prose wherever it may lurk" and {{diff|Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|603450268||putting things in place}}, - you are an [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Quality Article Improvement/PumpkinSky Prize|awesome Wikipedian]]!
--[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 11:04, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
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