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'''PAK Man''' is an administrator on Bulbapedia, and a fairly active member in the online Pokémon community. | |||
==History with Pokémon== | |||
The first time I had ever heard of Pokémon was when I was watching an episode of {{wp|Beast Wars}}. One of the commercials I had seen was for the series, complete with the [[Gotta Catch 'em All!]] slogan. Initially, I didn't want to watch it, because I believed it to be childish. At that point, I had no idea that it was based on a Japanese video game of the same name. | |||
===Anime=== | |||
That would change in July of 1999 when I was on vacation with my family. I wanted to watch TV, and the only thing remotely interesting that was on was Pokémon. I was apprehensive about watching the series at first, not just because I thought the series looked childish, but because I had read in a now-defunct magazine that the series caused seizures. | |||
Nevertheless, I decided to sit down and watch the series. This was not the first episode of Pokémon I had seen, though. Prior to this, I had seen the tail-end of ''[[EP025|Primeape Goes Bananas]]'' and ''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-Sation!]]'', but I had never seen a full episode until that point. As luck would have it, the episode that happened to air was [[EP001|the first one]]. I was hooked from day one. I saw the first four episodes, and when I arrived home, I immediately went to my local video store to rent the videos of the series that had been released at that point. | |||
Although I stopped watching the series on a regular basis when it moved to [[Cartoon Network]], I still pay attention to the latest goings-on in order to remain up-to-date with the it. | |||
===Games=== | |||
For Christmas 2000, I received [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Pokémon Silver]], my very first Pokémon video game. For the longest time, I failed to get anywhere in the game, and after restarting my game several times, I finally moved foward and defeated the Elite Four in May of 2001. I still remember the night I defeated Lance, and then proceeded to defeat every Kanto gym leader within an hour of that event. Around the time that happened, I bought [[Pokémon Red and Blue|Pokémon Blue]]. However, I stopped playing that game after I caught [[Missingno.]] and it messed up my Elite Four statistics. | |||
In the subsequent years, I picked up [[Pokémon Crystal|Crystal]], [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Sapphire]] and [[Pokémon Emerald|Emerald]]. Crystal I stopped playing as well, because of some odd glitch that happened with an ID number that to this day, I can't figure out. I have defeated all gym leaders and Elite Four members in Sapphire, and am currently working on completing the [[Pokédex]]. For Emerald, I just recently defeated Tate and Liza, and when I get back home for break, I may try and get to Juan. | |||
===TCG=== | |||
I began collecting the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Trading Cards]] around the same time I started watching the anime. However, after the year 2000, I stopped buying them for reasons that I am unsure about. As a result, the TCG is the one part of the Pokémon meta that I know the least about, which is unfortunate when it comes to TCG articles that need to be created for Bulbapedia. | |||
===Online=== | |||
I am also fairly active in the Pokémon online community. I was a member of the [[Serebii.net]] forums in 2001-2002, and I became a member of the [[PokéMasters forums]] in late 2002. I have also contributed to web sites such as Pojo.com and [[Dogasu's Backpack]]. On the former web site, I contributed several character bios under my real-life nickname at the time. I rejoined the Serebii.net forums in May 2006. In late 2006, I joined the [[Bulbagarden forums]] for the first time, although I had visited there many times prior. I consider myself a semi-regular poster. I usually only post in a topic if I feel it is necessary. | |||
==Bulbapedia== | |||
I joined Bulbapedia in April 2006, after visiting a few times prior to that. I was a little nervous about making contributions at first, because I didn't want to get in trouble for making any mistakes. After my first edit to the [[Who's That Pokémon?]] article, I took a few months break from Bulbapedia. I returned in July 2006 and have been a regular contributor since that point. | |||
===Contributions=== | |||
Since joining Bulbapedia over two years ago, I have contributed to many different sections. My own personal area of expertise is the anime, which is where most of my edits have been. In fact, the very first article I ever created was that of [[Sean Schemmel]], a voice actor who worked on the {{4Kids}} dub of the series. Since then, I have created many more voice actor articles, countless [[character of the day]] articles, and have added character information for nearly all of the Master Quest episodes. | |||
Likewise, anime-exclusive songs featured in the dub is another area I am familiar with. When [[Cartoon Network]] began to rerun late-[[Kanto]] and [[Orange Islands]] episodes, I would use those to add which song was featured on [[Pikachu's Jukebox]], and in which episodes. However, since I have been away at college, I am unable to record the episodes on my DVR to view them, and I have not contributed to that particular section in a several weeks. | |||
Among my proudest moments on Bulbapedia are when I went through the now-defunct Category titled Pokémon Missing Their Generation Number and classified nearly all of them. There were virtually no Generation IV Pokémon, but nearly all from Generations I-III were unclassified. More than 200 articles later, every single Pokémon ''should'' have the correct Generation number. Another proud moment was when the true titles of three English theme songs ([[Believe in Me]], [[Unbeatable]], and [[Battle Frontier (dub)]]) were revealed. I went through and fixed the links so they wouldn't go through redirect pages. | |||
When I'm bored, I sometimes look through the {{cat|disambiguation pages}} to make sure no articles link to them. | |||
For a full list of my contributions, click [[Special:Contributions/PAK_Man|here]], and if you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave a message on my [[User talk:PAK Man|talk page]]. | |||
=== Bulbapedia Projects === | |||
I am currently a member of three Bulbapedia Projects. As a member of {{bp|Project Anime}}, I help out with the individual episode articles. This may mean proofreading and editing synopses, fixing the character lists with the {{template|op}} template, checking the errors and dub edits sections, and possible even writing my own synopses. | |||
{{bp|Project COD}} is the one I have dedicated the most time and energy to. I have created countless articles for the characters of the day, found numerous screenshots, and cross-referenced with other sites in regards to voice actors and other information. It is my goal to have a page for most characters of the day on Bulbapedia. | |||
The most recent project I've joined is {{bp|Project Music}}. I've been doing much work for this section, including creating two templates, and creating character lists for all [[Pikachu's Jukebox]] songs. I plan on doing Karaokémon next, but that will depend on whether or not I can find my old Johto tapes. | |||
=== Reference === | |||
* [[User:PAK Man/COD missing info|Missing information on character of the day pages]] | |||
:A page I created to help out with {{BP|Project COD}}. It lists characters who are missing their Japanese name, English and Japanese voice actors, and screenshots. I encourage other users to update this list if new information is added, so don't be shy about updating it. | |||
=== My to-do list === | |||
* Create character of the day pages for all that I am able to do. | |||
* Create learnsets for all Pokémon that don't have them, and upgrade articles, Abilities and Moves to Platinum standard. | |||
* Find screenshots for characters that are missing them. | |||
* Correcting links to disambiguation pages. | |||
* Cleaning up the {{cat|articles needing improvement}} and weeding out ones that just need expansion. | |||
* Patrolling recent changes | |||
* General cleanup around Bulbapedia | |||
==Other areas of interest== | |||
Although Pokémon is one of my main interests, it is not my only one. I am a {{wp|Legends of the Hidden Temple}} fan, and I am a member of a well-known message board in that community. Another interest of mine is writing, and I hope to become a journalist when I am older. I served as one of four news editors on my high school newspaper during my senior year, and I was also responsible for creating their new web site. I am currently a college sophomore, and I am very excited to be writing for the newspaper. Last year, I wrote twenty articles for our school's paper, and this year I hope to do just as many, if not more. I also used to be a big part of the now-defunct {{wp|Animorphs}} community, contributing to several web sites there. | |||
==Personal== | |||
I try not to reveal too much personal information about myself online. However, I will say that I live somewhere in the Midwest. I am currently enrolled in a college which is about six hours away from my home, and so far I am enjoying it very much. | |||
Another item I will reveal is where my name comes from. The letters P.A.K. are my initials. I won't reveal what they stand for, but my aunt gave me this nickname when I was younger. I use this nickname for almost every online community that I am a member of. | |||