User:grapesurgeon
Hello
[edit]Hi! I'm a Korean American male, I grew up in South Korea and now live in the US. I speak English, Korean, Chinese (conversational, increasingly rusty), and Japanese (basic, enough for simple conversations). I used to edit under a previous account toobigtokale (77,173 contribs) that I retired per WP:RTV, but I decided to come back. I also used to use the username seefooddiet but I thought this username was funnier 😅
I'm interested in almost every field of study, but edit mostly on Korea because I think I'm most useful to Wikipedia in that area. I try to edit quickly and boldly, as coverage of Korea on Wikipedia needs significant improvement and the Korean-speaking community on enwiki is quite small. I try to prioritize topics that I think others are unlikely to work on, have sparse coverage in English, and are important.
I'm also interested in the history of math and science, neural computation, evolutionary biology, religious studies, history, and geopolitics. I've been to 20 countries; my favorites are Iraq, India, Egypt, Mexico, Türkiye, Japan, and China.
My work
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[edit]Here is a description of what my scripts do. Please post on my talk page if you have any concerns with these edits.
Photos
[edit]I've uploaded many photos to Commons (old account, new account), almost all about Korea.
Sample of my work
[edit]See my created pages. For below, assume significant majority author by default.
| Page | Summary |
|---|---|
| MOS:KO, WP:NCKO, WP:ROMANKO, WP:KO/RS | Led effort to completely rewrite style guidelines and reliable sources list for Korea-related articles. |
| Palaces: | Symbols of Korea. |
1883 Korean special mission to the United States 
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The first time Koreans set foot in the Americas. They marveled at elevators and vacuum mail tubes. While returning, they became the first Koreans to circumnavigate the Earth. |
| March First Movement | A keystone moment in modern Korean history (but not in North Korean historiography). |
| Park Chung Hee | One of the most important Korean leaders in history, favored by the right. Wrote around 30% of the main article. |
| Kim Ku | One of the most important Korean leaders in history, favored by the left. WIP; missing 1945 onwards. |
| Sinhanch'on
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An enclave of Koreans in Vladivostok during the colonial period that was completely wiped out in a single day in 1937. |
Hyochang Park
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A Korean royal cemetery that Japan turned into a golf course, with the graves still on the course. |
| Major tourist locations: | Trying to cover places that people visit and link them to less visited places or topics. |
| Chŏng Sangjin | A hero to Soviet-Koreans that was exiled from North Korea. Kim Il Sung called him handsome and allegedly stole his story. |
| António Corea
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Possibly the first Korean to set foot in Europe: a slave. |
| Soda Kaichi
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A Japanese man that raised over 1,000 Korean orphans during the colonial period. |
| Utoro, Uji
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An enclave of Korean squatters in Japan that dodged eviction for 65 years until they finally became legal occupants. |
| Budae-jjigae
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A dish symbolic of South Korea's rise from poverty. It was originally made from smuggled food or garbage and is now a comfort food. |
| Yonggeumok
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One of the oldest active restaurants in South Korea; beloved by North and South Koreans alike. |
Newspapers:
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Wrote most articles about newspapers published in Korea on enwiki |
| Gogi-guksu
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A noodle dish native to Jeju Island, born of its modern history. |
| Koreans in Kamchatka | North Korean escapees in Russia that now align themselves with South Korea more. |
Jeju articles:
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Trying to improve coverage of Jeju's history and culture. |
| Koryo-saram articles: | Ethnic Koreans of the mainland former Soviet Union. |
| Stubs/starts for various categories/lists: | Wrote almost all articles on or in these. |
