Hello! I try to focus my editing on public policy, history, and food, but I often end up bouncing around randomly instead. I particularly like to improve page titles and introductions, since readers tend to use those more than anything else.^{[citation needed]}

I grew up in Concord, North Carolina in the United States and I've been editing since at least February 2005, when I added a remarkably obscure fact about an Ottoman–Armenian–Lebanese political party. I really wish I could remember how 13-year-old me ended up there, although I imagine the random article feature played some role.

Since 2015, I've worked at the Wikimedia Foundation as a product analyst. This is my personal account which I use for volunteer contributions; these contributions are not backed or reviewed by the Foundation. For my work-related contributions, see User:Neil Shah-Quinn (WMF).

Previous accounts

• Nigelquinine: February 2005–August 2006
• Quaerere: September 2006–April 2007
• Hilosoph: April 2007–February 2009
• N at Appcelerator: June 2013–February 2014. While working at a tech company called Appcelerator, I created its Wikipedia page through the Articles for Creation process, exhaustively disclosing my conflict on interest and strictly following the best practices for conflict of interest editors. I disclosed this work to the Wikimedia Foundation before I was hired.
• this account, under the name Neil P. Quinn: September 2010–September 2020

Major contributions

Created

• Thomas Osborne (publisher)
• -abad
• Alban Gerhardt
• Beatrice Forbes Manz
• Train slot

Improved

• Timur
• Prebisch–Singer hypothesis
• Shanidar Cave
• Hot pursuit
• Better red than dead
• Plame affair timeline

Drafts

• Sahlins–Obeyesekere debate
• Train slot