User:TechGeek105

TechGeek105
— Wikipedian ♂ —
Name	TechGeek105
Born	Sebastian Swirmnoff; 16 June 2009 (age 15); Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Name in real life	Sebastian
Pronouns	he/him/his
Nationality	Australian
Country	Australia
Languages	English, learning French and speaking few Chinese words
Time zone	UTC+10 (UTC+11 from October-April)
Current time	Current time for UTC+11 is 23:46
Hair	Brown
Eyes	Blue
Handedness	Right
Family and friends
Parents	Julie (mum)
Pets	Lily (dog)
Education and employment
Occupation	Student
Primary school	Torrens Primary School
High school	Alfred Deakin High School
Hobbies, interests, and beliefs
Hobbies	Doing anything with technology
Contact info
Email	bassie.carr@outlook.com
Skype	bas carr
Twitter	BasTech13
YouTube	@BasTechAus
TechGeek105 subpages
	User:TechGeek105/Account map; User:TechGeek105/CSD log; User:TechGeek105/Created pages; User:TechGeek105/Editnotice; User:TechGeek105/Guestbook; User:TechGeek105/National Nine Network; User:TechGeek105/SBS Radio 3; User:TechGeek105/Southern Cross ACT & Southern NSW; User:TechGeek105/XfD log; User:TechGeek105/common.js; User:TechGeek105/sandbox; User:TechGeek105/twinkleoptions.js
Account statistics
Joined	11 October 2018
First edit	13 October 2018
Autoconfirmed	10 February 2019
Extended confirmed	27 August 2022
Edit count	> 7000
Permissions	extended confirmed user
Signature	Yours sincerely, Bas (or TechGeek105) (talk to me)
Userboxes
en	This user is a native speaker of the English language.
AU	This user speaks Australian English.
	This user was born and lives in Australia.
	This user comes from Canberra.
	This user was born and lives in the Australian Capital Territory.
	This user has visited 3 of the six states and one of the three territories of Australia.
♂	This contributor to Wikipedia is male.
	This user's time zone is AEST.
UTC+10:00; UTC+11:00	This user has a standard time zone of UTC+10:00, but he uses UTC+11:00 from October to April.
WTF?	This user ALWAYS leaves; an edit summary.
	This user participates in; WikiProject Australia.
	This user is a participant in; WikiProject; Australian television.
	This user participates in; WikiProject Television.
	This user is a participant in; WikiProject Radio Stations.
	This user participates in; WikiProject Canberra.
	This user is a participant in WikiProject Electronics.
7,000+	This user has made more than 7,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
	This user has been on Wikipedia for 6 years, 2 months and 15 days.
	This user has been an extended confirmed user for 2 years, 3 months, 4 weeks and 1 day. (verify)
	This user has extended confirmed rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)
	not administrator\|This user is not an administrator on the English Wikipedia. (verify)
	This user repairs links to disambiguation pages.
	This user contributes to Wikidata, the free knowledge base.
	This user contributes images to Wikimedia Commons.
	This user goes by "TechGeek105" across Wikimedia.
@	This user can be reached by email at bassie.carr@outlook.com.
♑	This user manages redirects with Capricorn.
	This user simplifies Wikipedia referencing with ProveIt.
	This user has a channel on YouTube.
	This user contributes using an ; iPad.
	This user also has a Trove account to improve Australian history articles in Wikipedia.
	This user uses; The Wikipedia Library
	This user uses for Internet search.
	This user uses DuckDuckGo as a primary search engine.
	This user contributes using Safari.

TechGeek105's family member is experiencing health issues that are reasonably expected to lead to his death. This may affect his ability to work on Wikipedia. Consequently, this user may not be able to respond to talk-page messages or e-mails. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

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TechGeek105 tried to leave Wikipedia, but found that he couldn't do so…

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I am from Canberra, and I created and edited various types of pages, including articles, categories and redirects. My real name is Sebastian, but you can also call me Bas.

Redirects, personal life and edit history

Some of the redirects I created on Wikipedia or helped to create include: the Belconnen Mall redirect page, which does currently redirect to Westfield Belconnen, thanks to me. The reason why I created that redirect is because the name itself is an alternative name of the shopping centre. Another redirect I help to create is the 10 Canberra redirect page, which currently redirects to CTC (TV station) because that name is the station's LCN name in Canberra. I also have improved existing redirect targets.

I met then-Australian of the Year, Dylan Alcott on 1 September 2022, at the Jobs and Skills Summit at the Parliament House, after being interviewed by the Disability Royal Commission in June that year,^[1] hence I am connected to the commission and Alcott, per the conflict of interest guidelines. My back appeared on Nine News on 29 September 2023, in a story about the Royal Commission's final report.^[2] I have a Cerebral Palsy disability, which doesn't affect my edits to Wikimedia wikis.

Since January 2022, I am a Alfred Deakin High School student. I am not connected to the school's staff as a student. In fact, I edited the school article four times. In my first edit to the article, I added some information about the new principal, Mr Brian Downton. In my second edit to the article, I added information about the school discovering lead paint contamination in August 2020 during construction of the school hall, becoming the third school in the ACT to do so. In my third edit to the article, I added additional references via the National Library of Australia's Trove service and in my fourth edit to the article, I added even more references and corrected information about the school. I have been contributing to Wikipedia for 6 years, 2 months and 13 days and have been alive for 15 years, 6 months and 10 days.

I originally started editing Australian television channel articles in October 2018, however did not edit consistently until July/August 2022. I am also interested in improving articles (especially Australian articles) with the best references I can access, such as using EBSCOhost, Trove, Newspapers.com (via The Wikipedia Library), NewsBank and ProQuest to access Australian and NZ newspapers. I have branched out into technology articles from Apple and Samsung (such as the Apple Vision Pro, the Apple car project and the Samsung Galaxy S24) as I like technology. I edited the Australian Television Network redirect on 27 August 2022 under a IP address, but quickly logged back in afterwards.

My edit milestones include: My first edit on Wikipedia on 13 October 2018, to the Sky News Extra article, adding the then-new Your Money TV channel, to the info-box of the article. I gained 1,000 edits on Wednesday 21 September 2022. I gained 2,000 edits on 3 December 2022. I gained 3,000 edits on Sunday 15 January 2023. I gained 4,000 edits on 9 March 2023. I gained 5,000 edits on 5 May 2023. I planned to gain 6,000 non-deleted edits by 1 November 2023. I achieved this goal on 31 October 2023, editing my draft article Draft:1SSS. I achieved 7,000 edits on 7 April 2024, editing Teenage Boss.

This account was previously called Bassie f, because I tried to make a username, back in October 2018, when this account was created, until this account was renamed to TechGeek105 on 1 April 2023. I tried asking to rename this account to BTA-wiki on 26 August 2023, but it was rejected as a business name. BTA stands for Bas Tech Australia, which is my YouTube channel brand currently. I will keep this username for a minimum of 6 months.

I have a global Wikimedia account, so as a result I also contribute to Wikimedia Commons, other language Wikipedia sites including the French Wikipedia and Wikidata.

Feel free to sign my guestbook whilst you are here, if you want to.

These are my contributions. Link if you need to email me. My talk page.

To Do/goals

Improve articles with no references
Create more articles
Expand existing articles

My current goal for Wikipedia is to clean up references using ProveIt, on various television and technology articles. I will create drafts using my sandbox.

Created pages

Articles I have created

French: 7Bravo (17 January 2023)
1SSS (31 October 2023)
2024 in Australian television (2 January 2024)
Parental Guidance (23 January 2024)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian season 10) (20 March 2024)
Austin (10 June 2024)
Fake (6 July 2024)
Do You Want to Live Forever? (20 July 2024)
Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (28 July 2024)
The Assembly (24 August 2024)
Four Years Later (29 September 2024)

Barnstar(s)

		The TV Star
		Awarded for your dedication to articles relating to television in Australia and for your helpfully-detailed edit summaries. Lotsw73 (talk) 06:10, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

References

^ Tindale, Lanie (2 September 2022). "Inspiring moment Canberra teen meets his hero Dylan Alcott". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Community Media. ProQuest 2709086052. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ Jeffrey, Daniel (29 September 2023). "Disability royal commission makes 222 recommendations to make Australia more supportive, inclusive". Nine News. Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

[1] Tindale, Lanie (2 September 2022). "Inspiring moment Canberra teen meets his hero Dylan Alcott". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Community Media. ProQuest 2709086052. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[2] Jeffrey, Daniel (29 September 2023). "Disability royal commission makes 222 recommendations to make Australia more supportive, inclusive". Nine News. Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

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