User:penultimate supper
Knowledge is as wings to man’s life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. - Bahá'u'lláh
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penultimate_supper 🚀 (they/them; account created October 27, 2016) is me! I’m a Wikipedian interested mostly in articles on religious history, comparative religion, fantasy and sci-fi literature, library science, and biographies of important figures in all of those areas. So far, I’ve mostly worked to improve stubs, diversify sources, and improve NPOV on articles on religion, but I’m also trying to become more involved in copyediting and other behind the scenes maintenance.
I am a librarian in a public library, mostly focused on youth services, but with a general interest in reference and digital library services, and a strong commitment to library services to Latinos. I have strong personal connections to the Bahá’í Faith, Mormonism, and Islam—topics many of my contributions are related to—but believe in editing articles on religion with as much objectivity and transparency as possible, rather than using Wikipedia for either apologetics or polemics.
On February 4, 2021 my username was changed to captain_killy—a reference to the best Star Trek series, Discovery—but I requested it be reverted to my original name on October 17, 2024.
Contributions
[edit]Current Projects
[edit]- Library Storytime - (See draft.) Working on an initial article on the history of library storytime services, the research on outcomes, the theory in the LIS world on these programs, and connecting this article to other relevant articles.
- Quddús - (See draft.) - Expanding the article to provide a more in-depth biography, including details on the relationship between socio-political currents in Qajar Iran and the development of the Bábí community, and Quddús' ongoing religious significance for Bahá'ís and legacy in current literature.
- Maneckji Limji Hataria - (See draft.) - Expanding stub to include more details on his impact, Parsi-Iranian development efforts, and connections with important figures of the time like Arthur de Gobineau, Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl, andBaháʼu'lláh.
Ideas
[edit]- Develop an article on the theory and reception of Fobazi Ettarh’s vocational awe framework and it’s impact within and beyond LIS discourse.
- Rework the library technician article to focus more broadly on the diversity of library support workers, the history of this role, relationships with librarians, current trends, precarious employment, and LIS literature on the subject. Library support workers, or support staff, can include or be referred to as library paraprofessionals, technicians, associates, assistants, clerks, pages, shelvers, etc., but there is no consistent definition of any of these titles, and they are likely better addressed in a single article than having one very specific interpretation addressed in such great detail. The page on paralegals does a good job of dealing with some of the same ambiguity required here and may be a good source for ideas on structure and issues re. notability and verifiability.
Past Significant Contributions
[edit]- 2017
- Mullá Husayn (June-October, 2017) - Expanded stub to 7000+ words, diversified sources.
- Raj`a (September, 2017) - Added section on Bahá'í doctrine of return, copyedited and refined language of existing sections
- Advent of Divine Justice (August, 2027) - Made minor edits for clarity's sake and improved citations
Wikipedia Stepping Stones
[edit]Essays, articles, policies, discussion, etc. that I really appreciate and find worth returning to.
Reference (For personal use)
[edit]- Personal sources list: User:Penultimate supper/Sources
Common Templates
[edit]- {{Citation needed}}
- {{POV statement}}
- {{Copy edit}}
- {{Copy edit-inline}}
- {{Bahá'í}} - Bahá'í Navbox
- {{Bahá'í sidebar}} - Bahá'í Sidebar
- {{Babism}} - Bábism Sidebar
- {{Babism navbox}} - Bábism Navbox