Marumari

Disclaimer

Although I am one of Wikipedia's admins, anything I post is strictly on my own behalf. I am not an employee of Bomis and I do not officially represent either that company or the Wikipedia project. If I tell you to do something or not do something, it's just friendly advice, not an order from on high.

Personal info

Hello, my name is April King. I'm the head of website security at Mozilla, and I do a lot of writing about TLS and web security.

Homepage:	https://pokeinthe.io/
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/CubicleApril/
Keybase:	https://keybase.io/april

Name origin

Marumari (丸鞠) is Japanese for "round ball". I originally heard the term in Metroid, and I've used it since, although I don't really associate the name with the game anymore. It just rolls off the tongue nicely.

Superpowers

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

py-3This user is an advanced Python programmer.

This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years.

Contributions

Articles I have majorly contributed to (italics indicate that I am [or was] the primary writer of the article):

Major projects:
Wikipedia:Dead external links (an attempt to fix the problem of linkrot inside of Wikipedia.)

Psychology contributions:
Alogia, Anhedonia, Anorexia nervosa, Avolition, Comorbidity, Emetic/Antiemetic, Malingering, Mood-congruent/incongruent, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Personality disorder, Primary/Secondary gain, Psychoactive

Animalia contributions:
Banded Orange Heliconian Butterfly, Cat, Chinchilla, Dog, Gerbil, Hamster, Rat, Rabbit (especially European Rabbit), Squirrel

Other contributions:
Caramel deLites, Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Minnesota RollerGirls, Nim, Roller derby, Wikitext Rendering Quirks

Other (relatively minor) contributions:
Afro Celt Sound System, Autumnal equinox, Concrete dome, Earth, Gope Boards, Japanese language, Languages in the United States, Moon, SARS, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Vernal equinox

Photography

A banded orange heliconian butterfly aloft a pink flower.

A blue jay surveys its surroundings.

An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly lays dying in a pool of water.

A nearly-motionless individual, alert to danger, will whistle when alarmed to warn other groundhogs.

A julia heliconian butterfly rests peacefully.

This Double Delight variant of the hybrid tea is popular in rose gardens.

A king vulture buries its beak in the sand and pivots around it.

A summertime picture of Kinkaku-ji's pavilion.

A ladybug hides within a flower bud.

A chipmunk camouflages itself with an oak tree.

A resting mexican wolf, kept captive for breeding purposes at the Minnesota Zoo. (featured pic, Sept 23, 2006)

Profile of a Minnesotan monarch butterfly.

A prairie dog blends into its dusty surroundings.

The Witch's Hat Water Tower is the best-known landmark of Minneapolis's Prospect Park neighborhood.

A white peacock butterfly lands upon on a green leaf.

A zebra heliconian butterfly hangs on during a wind gust.

Deprecated photographs: Minneapolis Public Library (as under construction)