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My name is Richard Lawrence. I created a userid as of July 10, 2005, although I contributed a few edits anonymously prior to that. I became an administrator on the English Wikipedia on December 25, 2009 (local time).

As of August 2019, my most frequent areas of editing are around the following topics:

  • Late 19th and early 20th century theater, mostly the creation and expansion of articles about plays, writers, and actors
  • Ayn Rand and her writings, as well as related ideas, people, and organizations
  • Admin handling of deletion requests, primarily at Articles for deletion and Miscellany for deletion.

I have a currently-unused alternative account under User:NATE Account, which was used exclusively (and rarely) for testing.

Tools, lists, and admin stuff[edit]

Useful tools/links:

Admin statistics
Action Count
Edits 71939
Edits+Deleted 75302
Pages deleted 18922
Revisions deleted 1176
Pages restored 101
Pages protected 75
Pages unprotected 7
Users blocked 132
Users reblocked 4
Users unblocked 3
User rights modified 1

    Contributions[edit]

    Featured articles[edit]

    Articles where I was a major contributor to achieving featured article status:

    1. Night of January 16th - Promoted: 20 November 2016 - TFA: 16 January 2017
    2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887 play) - Promoted: 18 March 2017 - TFA: 9 May 2017
    3. The Demi-Virgin - Promoted: 14 May 2017 - TFA: 3 June 2017
    4. The Blue Flame (play) - Promoted: 31 July 2017 - TFA: 21 September 2017
    5. The Fountainhead - Promoted: 24 October 2017 - TFA: 7 May 2018
    6. The Bat (play) - Promoted: 27 November 2017 - TFA: 23 August 2018
    7. The Unconquered (1940 play) - Promoted: 24 July 2019 - TFA 13 February 2020

    Articles where I was a major contributor to keeping featured status for an article under review:

    1. Harriet Tubman - Kept: 18 November 2023

    Good articles[edit]

    Articles where I was a major contributor to achieving good article status (most later became featured articles):

    1. Ayn Rand - review
    2. Night of January 16th - review
    3. The Demi-Virgin - review
    4. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887 play) - review
    5. The Blue Flame (play) - review
    6. The Fountainhead - review
    7. The Unconquered (1940 play) - review

    GA review log[edit]

    Articles I reviewed for GA status:

    1. Talk:Lizabeth Scott/GA1 - 7 July 2014 - failed
    2. Talk:Michael Kidd/GA1 - 8 July 2014 - passed
    3. Talk:Joss Whedon/GA1 - 8 July 2014 - passed
    4. Talk:Merian C. Cooper/GA1 - 8 November 2016 - passed
    5. Talk:Peter Dinklage/GA1 - 15 November 2016 - passed
    6. Talk:Brothers Poem/GA1 - 22 November 2016 - passed
    7. Talk:Battle Royale (novel)/GA1 - 19 December 2016 - passed

    Articles created[edit]

    Articles by Year
    Year Created
    2005 2
    2006 0
    2007 0
    2008 0
    2009 6
    2010 4
    2011 1
    2012 4
    2013 9
    2014 17
    2015 13
    2016 16
    2017 21
    2018 9
    2019 9
    2020 1
    2021 5
    2022 3
    2023 11
    2024 1
    Name Created Type Description Notes
    Henry Oliver Walker 13 July 2005, 02:22 Person American painter WP:EB1911
    Horatio Walker 13 July 2005, 04:40 Person Canadian painter WP:EB1911
    Objectivist periodicals 29 May 2009, 16:33 Publication Magazines promoting Objectivist philosophy merged multiple short articles
    College English 30 May 2009, 03:50 Publication Academic journal
    Mimi Reisel Gladstein 26 July 2009, 01:23 Person Literature professor
    Journals of Ayn Rand 26 September 2009, 05:03 Book Literary journals of Ayn Rand
    Goddess of the Market 18 October 2009, 21:49 Book Biography of Ayn Rand
    Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand 12 December 2009, 03:34 Book Memoir of Nathaniel Branden
    Letters of Ayn Rand 20 February 2010, 04:39 Book Collection of personal letters WP:DYK
    Wauconda, Washington 3 April 2010, 20:20 Misc. Small community in eastern Washington WP:DYK
    American Writers Association 15 September 2010, 02:45 Organization Anti-Communist writers group from the 1940s
    Robert Benson (barrister) 27 November 2010, 19:25 Person 19th-century English jurist WP:WP DNB
    Sean Stephenson 7 August 2011, 06:12 Person Self-help author/speaker WP:DYK
    The Psychology of Self-Esteem 11 May 2012, 22:21 Book Self-help book by Nathaniel Branden
    Who Is Ayn Rand? 15 May 2012, 06:02 Book Essays about Ayn Rand date is for userspace draft
    Norman P. Barry 10 December 2012, 01:26 Person English political philosopher
    National Association for Self-Esteem 11 December 2012, 04:26 Organization Group that promotes the topic
    Larry J. Sechrest 2 January 2013, 02:58 Person American economist
    Mark Meckler 5 January 2013, 01:52 Person American political activist
    List of people influenced by Ayn Rand 7 January 2013, 07:12 Misc. People who describe her as a significant influence Deleted April 2021
    Doris Nolan 19 July 2013, 03:44 Person 20th-century American actress
    The Girl with the Whooping Cough 9 August 2013, 01:10 Play 1910 comedy
    The Demi-Virgin 28 October 2013, 01:24 Play 1921 comedy WP:FA
    Public philosophy 1 November 2013, 19:06 Misc. Bringing philosophy to the people
    The Ayn Rand Cult 19 November 2013, 05:16 Book Book about the Objectivist movement
    Story generator 25 November 2013, 02:10 Misc. Device to generate plot ideas split from Plot generator
    Theatre Arts Magazine 19 March 2014, 20:37 Publication 20th-century American literary journal
    Within the Law (play) 28 March 2014, 21:42 Play 1912 drama
    The Gold Diggers (1919 play) 1 May 2014, 16:32 Play 1919 comedy
    Getting Gertie's Garter (play) 1 May 2014, 17:47 Play 1921 comedy
    The Girl in the Limousine (play) 2 May 2014, 17:15 Play 1919 comedy
    Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model 3 May 2014, 02:20 Play 1906 melodrama
    The Woman in the Case (play) 4 May 2014, 21:10 Play 1905 drama
    Langdon McCormick 5 May 2014, 00:10 Person 20th-century American playwright
    The Burglar and the Lady 6 May 2014, 13:55 Play 1905 melodrama
    The Night of January 16th (film) 28 May 2014, 21:14 Film 1941 movie based on the play
    Phoebe Foster 5 June 2014, 16:39 Person 20th-century American actress
    Louis Weitzenkorn 17 June 2014, 04:01 Person 20th-century American writer
    There's Wisdom in Women 20 June 2014, 18:34 Play 1935 comedy
    Arthur Pierson (director) 25 June 2014, 17:42 Person 20th-century American actor and director
    Five Star Final (play) 28 June 2014, 01:18 Play 1930 melodrama
    The Girl from Rector's 30 June 2014, 03:50 Play 1909 comedy
    Ideal (play) 2 July 2014, 06:53 Play Play by Rand not produced until 1989
    William B. Mack 6 January 2015, 21:21 Person American actor
    Ethel Knight Kelly 17 January 2015, 12:47 Person Australian actress and writer
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887 play) 18 January 2015, 02:29 Play 1887 play based on the novel WP:FA
    Ruth Matteson 2 February 2015, 06:01 Person 20th-century American actress
    Minerva Theatre, Sydney 9 February 2015, 23:30 Venue Former Australian theatre
    Thelma Grigg 10 February 2015, 17:13 Person 20th-century Australian actress
    Daniel Harkins 16 February 2015, 02:50 Person 19th-century American actor
    Beatrice Cameron 16 February 2015, 20:09 Person 19th-century American actress
    "The Volunteer Organist" 17 February 2015, 17:16 Misc. 19th-century song
    The Blue Flame (play) 24 February 2015, 01:44 Play 1920 science fiction melodrama WP:FA
    Libel! 15 March 2015, 23:32 Play 1934 courtroom drama
    Herbert Corthell 13 November 2015, 23:04 Person 20th-century American actor
    The Crinoline Girl 30 December 2015, 20:11 Play 1914 musical comedy
    Cheating Cheaters (play) 13 January 2016, 22:31 Play 1916 comedy
    The Song of Songs (play) 25 January 2016, 05:04 Play 1914 drama
    The Unconquered (1940 play) 3 February 2016, 00:44 Play 1940 melodrama WP:FA
    The Fountainhead (band) 15 February 2016, 18:38 Organization 1980s Irish band
    Brewster's Millions (play) 14 March 2016, 03:41 Play 1906 comedy
    Red Light Annie 24 March 2016, 20:32 Play 1923 melodrama
    Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure 25 March 2016, 08:28 Play 1921 comedy
    William P. S. Earle 12 April 2016, 01:03 Person 20th-century American director
    The Fascinating Widow 9 August 2016, 21:15 Play 1910 musical comedy
    The Grass Harp (play) 24 August 2016, 19:01 Play 1952 comedy
    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (play) 18 September 2016, 23:17 Play 1909 comedy re-created from redirect
    The Jazz Singer (play) 22 October 2016, 21:33 Play 1925 drama
    Roy Brewer 25 November 2016, 22:30 Person 20th-century American union leader
    Palace Theatre, Sydney 11 December 2016, 17:02 Venue Former Australian theatre
    Harry Gwynette 21 December 2016, 20:00 Person British actor
    Friendly Enemies (play) 24 December 2016, 19:26 Play 1918 comedy
    Up in Mabel's Room (play) 7 February 2017, 21:57 Play 1919 comedy
    Thomas Russell Sullivan 15 February 2017, 06:09 Person American writer
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1888 play) 21 February 2017, 00:57 Play 1888 play based on the novel
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Or a Mis-Spent Life 23 February 2017, 21:11 Play 1897 play based on the novel
    It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand 28 February 2017, 18:26 Book 1971 memoir
    Prince Karl (play) 5 March 2017, 18:50 Play 1886 comedy
    The Cambridge Tribune 11 March 2017, 04:55 Publication American newspaper
    A Parisian Romance (play) 13 March 2017, 05:33 Play 1883 drama
    Dulcitius (play) 23 March 2017, 21:10 Play 10th-century comedy split from Dulcitius
    Seven Days (play) 13 April 2017, 03:35 Play 1909 comedy
    Khoudia Diop 15 April 2017, 16:43 Person Senegalese model
    Harrison Hunter 19 April 2017, 06:33 Person Scottish-American actor
    May Vokes 1 May 2017, 04:14 Person 20th-century American actress
    The Anti-Slavery Alphabet 16 June 2017, 18:27 Book 1846 children's book
    Spanish Love 2 August 2017, 18:17 Play 1920 drama
    Vice Versa (play) 23 August 2017, 13:34 Play 1883 fantasy
    Potash and Perlmutter (play) 23 September 2017, 23:38 Play 1913 comedy
    Mega Shark (film series) 13 October 2017, 16:13 Film Film series
    Lloyd Battista 2 November 2017, 04:38 Person American actor
    Lenita Lane 14 November 2017, 16:59 Person 20th-century American actress
    The Fountainhead (play) 30 November 2017, 23:15 Play 2014 drama WP:DYK
    Sarah Howe (fraudster) 31 March 2018, 23:25 Person 19th-century American criminal
    Marvin Dana 19 May 2018, 22:52 Person American writer
    L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps 10 June 2018, 22:24 Play 1655 comedy
    The Girl in the Taxi (play) 30 November 2018, 05:29 Play 1910 musical comedy
    Bob Jones (Grand Dragon) 2 December 2018, 01:52 Person 20th-century Klan official
    Sadie Love (play) 5 December 2018, 18:41 Play 1915 comedy
    The Green Book Magazine 8 December 2018, 20:51 Publication 20th-century American magazine
    Michel Villey 18 December 2018, 20:56 Person 20th-century French philosopher
    Lesbia (play) 20 December 2018, 23:35 Play 1888 comedy
    66 Scenes from America 4 February 2019, 17:20 Film 1982 documentary film
    Richard Davey (writer) 16 June 2019, 20:27 Person English writer
    Philip T. Hartung 27 June 2019, 02:20 Person American film critic
    Charlton Andrews 16 July 2019, 18:45 Person American writer
    A Gilded Fool 8 September 2019, 00:06 Play 1892 comedy
    Red Light Winter 22 September 2019, 21:42 Play 2005 drama re-created from redirect
    Love Finds the Way 1 October 2019, 01:58 Play 1896 comedy-drama
    The Doughgirls (play) 27 October 2019, 21:48 Play 1942 comedy
    Margin for Error (play) 19 November 2019, 07:06 Play 1939 satire
    The Turn of the Screw (play) 27 December 2020, 05:00 Play 1996 play based on the novel
    The Green Hat (play) 5 January 2021, 15:56 Play 1925 play based on the novel
    Oscar de Lagoanère 17 April 2021, 22:31 Person French composer
    Rose Zimbardo 2 May 2021, 23:30 Person American academic
    Atlantis Events 30 July 2021, 07:05 Organization American company
    Scientific pluralism 31 December 2021, 10:50 Misc. Philosophical position re-created from redirect
    Palin (game) 18 February 2022, 00:19 Misc. Traditional Mapuche game
    The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park 31 October 2022, 23:05 Venue Music venue in San Diego
    Henry III and His Court 24 December 2022, 00:15 Play 1829 play
    Gentlemen of the Press (play) 9 January 2023, 22:04 Play 1928 play
    Remains to Be Seen (play) 9 January 2023, 23:04 Play 1951 play
    Minick 11 January 2023, 20:26 Play 1924 play
    49th Street Theatre 11 February 2023, 21:54 Venue Former Broadway theater
    The Werewolf (play) 12 February 2023, 02:54 Play 1924 play
    Legacy of Harriet Tubman 8 May 2023, 22:34 Misc. Legacy of the historical figure split from Harriet Tubman
    A Woman Called Moses (novel) 20 May 2023, 19:44 Book Novel about Harriet Tubman
    Shore Acres (play) 22 May 2023, 23:43 Play 1892 play
    Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab 18 October 2023, 23:03 Book 1975 nonfiction book
    In Defense of the Corporation 19 October 2023, 06:15 Book 1979 nonfiction book
    Miray Cruises 25 November 2023, 18:39 Organization Turkish company
    The Book of Ayn 12 April 2024, 06:35 Book 2023 novel

    Major expansions[edit]

    I didn't create these articles, but I expanded them from short stubs to full articles.

    1. Ayn Rand and the World She Made - a biography of Rand
    2. The Romantic Manifesto - a book by Rand
    3. Verna Hillie - an American actress
    4. Philosophy: Who Needs It - a book by Rand
    5. The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers - a posthumous book of Rand's lectures
    6. The Early Ayn Rand - a posthumous book of Rand's unpublished writings
    7. Linda Taylor - an American criminal

    Templates created[edit]

    1. Template:Createdwith - flexible way to indicate what software was used to create an image, replacing multiple hardcoded templates
    2. Template:Inactive admin - template for notifying admins who are losing their permissions due to inactivity
    3. Template:Nathaniel Branden - navigation box
    4. Template:Avery Hopwood - navigation box
    5. Template:Mary Roberts Rinehart - navigation box
    6. Template:Jørgen Leth - navigation box
    7. Template:Mae West - navigation box
    8. Template:Star of Sophia - barnstar for contributors to WikiProject Philosophy

    Kind regards from other editors[edit]

    Collapsible box of barnstars
    The Original Barnstar
    For all the quality work on the Bibliography for Ayn Rand and Objectivism. (yours -- Karbinski (talk) 15:58, 29 May 2009 (UTC))


    The Modest Barnstar
    For bold, extensive, evenhanded edits to John Prendergast, 20 September 2009, and support to editors thereafter. --Whoosit (talk) 19:55, 22 September 2009 (UTC)


    The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
    Thanks for helping with the RFCs. Let's hope they will lead to a fruitful discussion. SoWhy 20:34, 7 July 2011 (UTC)


    The Special Barnstar
    Thanks for your contributions. SwisterTwister talk 04:19, 19 May 2012 (UTC)


    The Austrian Barnstar of National Merit
    Presented to User ‎RL0919

    For extraordinary service in the improvement of Murray Rothbard
    SPECIFICO talk 23:45, 14 August 2013 (UTC)


    The Barnstar of Diligence
    For your diligent work in maintaining the neutrality of Objectivism (Ayn Rand), including providing several sources for clarity. Abierma3 (talk) 22:59, 22 June 2015 (UTC)


    Theatermaker Award
    For developing articles in the sorely underrepresented topic of theater history. Bravo! BobAmnertiopsis∴ChatMe! 20:11, 24 December 2016 (UTC)


    works by Ayn Rand

    Thank you for quality articles such as Ayn Rand, Night of January 16th and The Demi-Virgin, for your ambition to make The Fountainhead a GA, for admin services, for explaining by edit summary and a detailed list of your contribs, - Richard, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

    --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:43, 16 January 2017 (UTC)


    The Peer Review Barnstar
    Thanks for your help at Wikipedia peer review! --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:56, 24 May 2017 (UTC)


    The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
    Good job on the improvements to the article about the novel, The Fountainhead.

    It has seen a lot of good improvements from the prior GA review.

    Good job on getting this article to GA quality. Sagecandor (talk) 05:31, 27 July 2017 (UTC)


    The Portal Barnstar
    The Portal Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have made significant contributions to topic portals.
    Thanks for helping me delete superfluous subpages Dreamy Jazz talk | contribs 21:18, 18 July 2018 (UTC)


    The Admin's Barnstar
    Well done on your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/December 15, 2022 Twitter suspensions. That was a complex discussion to close and you did so masterfully with a well written closing statement explaining your rationale. TheSandDoctor Talk 05:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)


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