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Angela

Hi! I'm Angela Beesley, one of the founders of Wikia. My main user page is on the Central Wikia.

If you need any help with starting, improving or managing your wiki, the Wikia Forums are a great place to seek community advice.

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[edit] Edits from new users

30 November 2008

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[edit] My last five blog posts

Google Wikipedia sex test: Sorry - I couldn’t resist the title. Those were the 4 most popular queries made at Wikia Search at the time of our pre-alpha launch in January. Wikia Search relaunched today (see the press release). Our search team have made some amazing improvements since January. Not only does it “suck less” but it’s actually fun. Which [...] [?]
I’m engaged!: Tim proposed to me on Saturday night in a romantic setting outside the Sydney Opera House overlooking the Harbour Bridge. We’re planning to get married in NSW this year, around the time of our three year anniversary. Here’s a picture of the ring. It’s white gold with three Moissanite stones. I wanted an alternative to diamonds to [...] [?]
Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2007: I love the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year contest. The 2007 results were recently announced. I voted for Henri Camus’ storm at Pors-Loubous. Here are top 22 images. The width is proportional to the number of votes each received. [...] [?]
End of 2007: Thinking of writing a blog post about the Wikimedia Commons picture of the year contest reminded me I had an unpublished draft post about 2007. Like my end of 2006 post, here’s a summary of what happened last year. January I celebrated New Year at my sister’s house in England, with my family and Tim. Essjay joined Wikia’s [...] [?]
Two years: It’s 2 years today since I first arrived in Australia. I was here for the X|Media|Lab conference in Melbourne and I thought it might be the only time in my life I would visit Australia, so I decided to take a few days off and visit Sydney while I was here. This was before Wikia had [...] [?]

[edit] Wikia Blogs

New skin: Two new skins created to make things clean, simple and easy to use. New layout focuses on content Wikia Bar includes more prominent search bar and breadcrumbs Grouped User Controls into one drop down menu The entire right column is customizable Lots of controls are now available read more… [?]
Sandbox: A Sandbox exists so that you can practice editing or formatting (see Editing help) without changing any serious content. Feel free to try wiki editing out here first. There is a tutorial on the Central (coordinating) Wikia that will step you through more of the things you can do. Wiki allow for rather complicated formatting. [...] [?]
Sandbox: A Editing help) without changing any serious content. Feel free to try wiki editing out here first. There is a tutorial on the Central (coordinating) Wikia that will step you through more of the things you can do. Wiki allow for rather complicated formatting. It can look overwhelming when you begin, but don’t let it [...] [?]
New Simple Page Creator: Simple? there is nothing simple about wiki-mark up you say? Well, try our new page creator and see for yourself. [?]
Widgets: Widgets are here to make your viewing experience that much better. You decide which tools and links are close at hand, and keep only the things you use most. [?]

[edit] General

The Daily Edit - September 2007: Volume 1, Issue 4 September 2007 About The Daily Edit Contents 1 A message from the editor 2 TabView 3 Administrators 4 IRC RC 5 Title blacklist if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } A message from the editor Welcome to the September edition of The Daily Edit. You [...] [?]
80 new wikis: There were an amazing 80 new wikis in 14 languages created last week! We’re still gathering wikis on the greatest games and added 27 new gaming wikis last week. If you’re not a gamer, there’s also travel, shopping, beer, music, movies, literature, education, and more… see new wikis this week for the full list. Some of [...] [?]
50 new wikis: 50 wikis were created this week. See new wikis this week for the list. One new gaming wiki I want to give a special welcome to is Guildopedia, the Dofus Guilds wiki. Guildopedia will soon reach the milestone of 1000 articles and decided this week to move to Wikia! This is a great complement to Wikia’s [...] [?]
New wikis: 50 Parties: The 50 Parties Wikia was created by Jimmy Wales and Heather Ford at Wikimania as a place for Wikians, Wikimedians, and Creative Commoners to plan joint parties. Visit the wiki to get involved. For more new wikis, view the list at new wikis this week. [?]
The Daily Edit - July 2007: Volume 1, Issue 3 July 2007 About The Daily Edit News and notes In the news Features and admins User on User Technology report Founder interview Featured Wikia Design Archives | Newsroom | Tip Line | Free delivery! | Your Wiki | Credits | Subscribe by email RSSShortcut : WC:EDIT [?]

[edit] Finance

Ethical Investment Wiki: Ethical Investment Wiki is one of the Wikia wikis, forming part of its Finance hub. Ethical Investment Wiki is in its formative stage and requires your support and valuable contributions. This Wikia wiki is about Ethical Investments, the concept that our dollars can be a reflection of our values as much as our words, thoughts [...] [?]
The complete financial portal: Wikia’s finance hub endeavors to build distinct wikis to cover all dimensions of the world of finance including Accounting, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Ethical Investment, Fundraising, Insurance, Investment, Money management, Shopping, and Trading. Wikia - Finance requires your help to build the largest repository of information on all the segments of finance. With a little collective efforts, [...] [?]
Ethical Investment Wiki: Ethical Investment Wiki is one of the Wikia wikis, forming part of its Finance hub. Ethical Investment Wiki is in its formative stage and requires your support and valuable contributions. This Wikia wiki is about Ethical Investments, the concept that our dollars can be a reflection of our values as much as our words, thoughts [...] [?]
Investing in these challenging times: Wondering where to invest during the current challenging environment? It might be helpful to keep in mind that not all stocks work the same, and it can be helpful to think in terms of industry categories. Some of the categories would be: Utilities Business Development Companies Financial Real Estate Investment Trusts For now, financials are probably a bad place to [...] [?]
The complete financial portal: Wikia’s finance hub endeavors to build distinct wikis to cover all dimensions of the world of finance including Accounting, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Ethical Investment, Fundraising, Insurance, Investment, Money management, Shopping, and Trading. Wikia - Finance requires your help to build the largest repository of information on all the segments of finance. With a little collective efforts, [...] [?]

[edit] Gaming

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls: Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls is a compilation of the first two games in the Final Fantasy series. It was released in Japan under the title Final Fantasy I + II Advance. Graphically, it is very similar to the previously released enhanced remakes of both games for the WonderSwan Color. Final Fantasy [...] [?]
UNSC Marine Corps: The United Nations Space Command Defence Force primarily responsible for land-based military operations, and protecting United Nations Space Command Defense Force are fighting a losing war against the Covenant’s superior technology and numbers. Under the leadership of notable commanders, they continue to wage a furious struggle against the Covenant, even as their numbers dwindle. They’re [...] [?]
UNSC Marine Corps: The United Nations Space Command Defence Force primarily responsible for land-based military operations, and protecting UNSC Navy starships and bases from attack…A rugged and diverse assortment of warriors, the Marines of the United Nations Space Command Defense Force are fighting a losing war against the Covenant’s superior technology and numbers. Under the leadership of notable [...] [?]
The Two Towers: Name: The Two Towers (T2T) Website: http://t2tmud.org Address: telnet://t2tmud.org:9999 The Two Towers MUD is a free Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game set entirely within Tolkien’s world of Middle-Earth. We have extensively re-created the lands of Middle-Earth in a rich text environment, from Mithlond to Mordor and the lands of Harad beyond. With over 100,000 rooms and always growing, The [...] [?]
Kings Quest and Space Quest: The Wikia Gaming blog welcomes two new gaming wikis. The Space Quest Omnipedia and King’s Quest Omnipedia. The wikis cover two Sierra Online game series from the golden era of adventure games, as well as related fan-created games. You can read more about the games at Space Quest and King’s Quest. [?]

[edit] Health

Challenges of Autism: We can face the challenges imposed by Autism, Asperger syndrome, and other associated conditions by sharing our knowledge and experience. Autism Wikia is a place where we can do this to help the families and people facing the challenges of Autism alone. We can also draw inspiration from the life stories of some of the [...] [?]
Let us be part of autism movement!: Persons with Autism, their family and friends should never feel alone. There are a number of organizations dedicated to stand by their side, and to guide them to a better life. Some of the organizations include Autism Society Canada, Autism Society of America, Cure Autism Now, and National Autistic Society. There are surly many more [...] [?]
Stephen Wiltshire!: Story of Stephen Wiltshire in Autism Wiki: Wiltshire (born 1974) is an autistic savant who was diagnosed with autism when he was three year old. Over a period of time, his autistic savant abilities developed and he became an accomplished architectural artist…He was born on 24th April, 1974 in London, and his parents were of West [...] [?]
Narrow interests: Narrow interests on Autism Wiki: Children with Asperger syndrome often have an intense and obsessive level of focus on things of interest. Some have suggested that these “obsessions” are essentially arbitrary and lacking in any real meaning or context; however, researchers note that these “obsessions” typically focus on the mechanical (how things work) as opposed [...] [?]
Autistic savant: An autistic savant is a term used for the person who has both autism and another condition called Savant Syndrome. People with Savant Syndrome has serious developmental or mental infirmities coupled at the same time with certain extraordinary skills. Such skills may include exceptional memory, arithmetical abilities, extraordinary skills in art or music. The special [...] [?]

[edit] Humor

Scientists discover Lucas’ Farce: Breaking UnNews at Uncyclopedia: URANUS - Scientists in a secret laboratory on the planet Uranus have discovered The Farce, the mysterious entity popularized–some say invented–by George Lucas, the renowned racist and sexist producer of the Star Bores film series. In these films, Dark Invader, Onion Bun, Luke Skywriter, Yodel, and other Jello Knights are [...] [?]
HowTo:Stop Being a Nerd: HowTo:Stop Being a Nerd: As you sit back after decimating a n00b on World of Warcaft, you happen to look in the mirror. A bespectacled, triple-chinned, paste-eating figure stares back at you. “Is that me??? you ask. What a nerd!” Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. You can stop being a nerd. Nerdiness is a deadly [...] [?]
Jean-Luc Picard: Jean-Luc Picard was a British chap who pretended to be a French guy because he thought it would help boost his career. Unfortunately, he was right, but only because the people at Starfleet Command are idiots. He soon became the captain of a really big, revamped version of Enterprise and was so giddy about his [...] [?]
Bin Laden releases new video: Bin Laden releases new video Cairo, Egypt: In a move that startled U.S. officials, Osama Bin Laden released a video last week to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11. The unimportant news could have been printed sooner, but took a back seat to more important issues like O.J. Simpson’s newest crimes or Led Zeppelin’s reunion concert. Yes, [...] [?]
Super Mario 128: Super Mario 128 is the first shame since the 1600s to have both Mario and Luigi in it. Well, actually, since Mario is dead, Wario took his place. Evil Guy, and his assistant, Pickle, kidnapped Waluigi during the Yoshi’s Island Scandal. As that event was going on, Mario was killed in the Toad Revolt, leaving [...] [?]

[edit] Movies

Spider-Man 3: Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 superhero film that is the third film in the Spider-Man film series based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Sam Raimi, who directed the previous two Spider-Man films, returns to direct the third installment with a returning cast that includes Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris and [...] [?]
The Dead Zone: The Dead Zone is a 1983 film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay by Jeffrey Boam is based on the 1979 Stephen King novel of the same name. Christopher Walken stars in the leading role. Martin Sheen, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Brooke Adams and Colleen Dewhurst are also featured. The music was written by Michael [...] [?]
L’Arroseur Arrosé: L’Arroseur Arrosé (also known as The Waterer Watered and The Sprinkler Sprinkled) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent comedy film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc and Benoît Duval. It was first screened on June 10 1895. It has the distinction of being the earliest known instance of film comedy, as [...] [?]
The Kiss (1896): The Kiss (also known as The May Irwin Kiss, The Rice-Irwin Kiss and The Widow Jones) is an 1896 actuality, and was one of the first movies ever shown commercially to the public. The film was directed by William Heise for Thomas Edison. In 1999 the short was deemed “culturally significant” by the United [...] [?]
THEfilmGUIDE: THEfilmGUIDE is a Wikia devoted exclusively to the film world. All of the articles in the Guide contain information about the motion picture industry, as well as pages about legendary film crew and film companies. It is envisioned to emerge as the ultimate in the movie database and we invite you to help build this [...] [?]

[edit] Music

Nirvana: Nirvana was one of the most well-known bands of the Grunge era and one of the defining bands, in the public mind, of the “Seattle Sound” of the early 1990s. They were also one of the bands that helped Sub-Pop blow-up into a huge label, as they’d released the first few releases. The band ended [...] [?]
Nirvana: Kurt Cobain killed himself. The other members went into other projects, though the most successful was Dave Grohl, who formed Foo Fighters. (more…) [?]
A rendezvous with Music Wikia: You may have a regular rendezvous with Wikia’s Music Wikia, a collection of more than 6,000 articles, created collaboratively. It is taking a new shape as revealed on its home page: This wiki is devoted to the music scene and mapping out an interconnecting web of this fascinating subculture. Check out the Mission Statement to [...] [?]
Nirvana: Kurt Cobain killed himself. The other members went into other projects, though the most successful was Dave Grohl, who formed Foo Fighters. (more…) [?]
Folktronica: Folktronica, a style combining folk and electronica music, is one of the few new genres to come to life in recent years. The name itself is said to be dubbed by the British press in 2001 while trying to describe a new breed of producer that utilizes elements of ambient electronica, acoustic folk, jazz, [...] [?]

[edit] Sci-fi

Narod Antrell on Star Wars Fanon Wiki: Narod Antrell was a Human Jedi Master, born on Dantooine in 33 BBY. He was the son of Radi and Malua Antrell, a couple of farmers. Narod was taken to the Jedi Temple of Coruscant for training in 31 BBY, where he was trained informally by Jedi Master Cinde Moun. Narod became an unselected Padawan [...] [?]
Narod Antrell on Star Wars Fanon Wiki: Narod Antrell was a Human Jedi Master, born on Dantooine in 33 BBY. He was the son of Radi and Malua Antrell, a couple of farmers. Narod was taken to the Jedi Temple of Coruscant for training in 31 BBY, where he was trained informally by Jedi Master Cinde Moun. Narod became an unselected Padawan [...] [?]
Narod Antrell on Star Wars Fanon Wiki: Narod Antrell was a Human Jedi Master, born on Dantooine in 33 BBY. He was the son of Radi and Malua Antrell, a couple of farmers. Narod was taken to the Jedi Temple of Coruscant for training in 31 BBY, where he was trained informally by Jedi Master Cinde Moun. Narod became an unselected Padawan [...] [?]
Narod Antrell on Star Wars Fanon Wiki: Narod Antrell was a Human Jedi Master, born on Dantooine in 33 BBY. He was the son of Radi and Malua Antrell, a couple of farmers. Narod was taken to the Jedi Temple of Coruscant for training in 31 BBY, where he was trained informally by Jedi Master Cinde Moun. Narod became an unselected Padawan [...] [?]
Narod Antrell on Star Wars Fanon Wiki: Narod Antrell was a Human Jedi Master, born on Dantooine in 33 BBY. He was the son of Radi and Malua Antrell, a couple of farmers. Narod was taken to the Jedi Temple of Coruscant for training in 31 BBY, where he was trained informally by Jedi Master Cinde Moun. Narod became an unselected Padawan [...] [?]

[edit] Television

Wiki 24 is racing to cross 2,500 article!: Inspired by the Star Trek wiki Memory Alpha, the Wiki 24 project was started in September 2005, and within a span of just two years it is racing to cross 2,500 articles, to be exact 2,454 articles at the time of this post. Wiki 24 has an aspiration: to emerge as the most up-to-date and reliable [...] [?]
The Sentox attack on CTU Los Angeles: During the Sentox attack on CTU Los Angeles of Day 5, a Russian separatist — armed with an altered administrative key card and a container of nerve gas — infiltrated the government building and prepared to wipe out its inhabitants. Though Jack Bauer succeeded in killing the terrorist, the Sentox canister released its highly lethal [...] [?]
Tollana: Tollana was the planet the Tollans relocated to after the cataclysms of Tollan forced them to leave. It originally lacked a Stargate, though the Tollan were able to build one with the help of the Nox. The Tollans quickly constructed cities on the planet together with advanced defenses to protect them. Eventually, the Goa’uld Tanith, [...] [?]
Sesame Street Singles: As Sesame Street began to make record albums that featured songs from the show, they also released 45 RPM singles from those albums. The first series of Columbia and Warner Brothers albums led to a similar series of 45s, which were packaged as book and record sets, with pictures and drawings either taken from [...] [?]
Buffyverse Wiki joins the TV blog: The Buffyverse Wiki has 1,429 articles and is looking for more! If you’re a fan of Angel and Buffy check out our top categories which include Category:Vampires, Category:Demons, and Buffy episodes. We also have information on the comics and novels. [?]

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