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  • This user has been on a wikibreak since mid-August 2026.

Hello! I'm For Each ... Next, though you may also know me by my former username, Lopullinen. I am primarily active on the Chinese Wikipedia and have been passionate about video games for more than a decade. More recently, I have also developed an interest in Linguistics & Literature, my undergraduate major. One of the great appeals of Wikimedia projects is the opportunity to encounter different languages.

Although my username pays homage to Visual Basic 6.0, the first programming language I encountered, I am actually a fan of Python, which I consider the most elegant programming language in the world. Another aspect of Wikipedia that fascinates me is that it provides an excellent playground for practicing programming, especially for amateurs who have few opportunities to work in professional software development environments. I had long wanted to write user scripts, but I knew next to nothing about JavaScript. Recently, however, inspired by Zauber Violin, I have gone on a spree of creating scripts via vibe coding.

But more seriously, I believe that writing articles is the main reason we join Wikipedia and that doing so is also the responsibility of a Wikipedian. When much of the Chinese Wikipedia's basic infrastructure was still being built, I spent most of my time translating high-quality content from the English Wikipedia, as well as building foundational resources including guides, categories, and templates. As those needs have become less pressing, I have increasingly felt that the time has come for me to focus more directly on content.

For a content-oriented editor, one of the highest aspirations is to bring an article to Featured status: recognition awarded to an outstanding, carefully crafted article through a rigorous review process. On the Chinese Wikipedia, however, the process has been distorted into a game of rewarding participation akin to edit-a-thons, or even reduced to a mere voting exercise (example). The real problem is not the inflation of the badge, but that an exercise in rewarding participation has usurped the place of rigorous editorial review, fostering a corrosive culture of perfunctory approval and leaving editors with nowhere to seek substantive reviews of their work.

As a reviewer, I can do my part to foster a culture of substantive review, but as an author myself, I find little opportunity to grow through such reviews. On the English Wikipedia, a dedicated editor may see their first article promoted to Featured status within just two years of joining; on the Chinese Wikipedia, even nearly a score of years of dedication may bring one no closer to achieving the same standard. When will even one of my own articles earn a distinction carrying the same weight as Featured status earned through rigorous review on the English Wikipedia? The answer depends on my own efforts, but more importantly, on the course of history.

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