After lurking for some years, I began actively editing Wikipedia in October 2017 after I began grad school. My most prolific editing occurred during the summer of 2018, when I was able to do lots of editing at work. I was on an informal wikibreak from May 2022 until June 2025 due to the rigors of dissertation writing. I announced my semi-retirement in 2023, but I'm now back. I used to frequent comics-related and NFL pages, but I am now more of a generalist, doing cleanup as needed and improving sources in articles. I am a history educator based in the Washington, D.C. area.

Some fun little facts about me:

I am distantly, yet not too distantly, related to several notable people. Stephen Hopkins is my 11x great-grandfather. John Adams and Brigham Young are third cousins of mine, while Timothy O. Howe and John Quincy Adams are fourth cousins. Alice Stone Blackwell is a fifth cousin. Ralph Waldo Emerson is a sixth cousin, after that I sort of stop counting.

My username is my first initial combined with the Hebrew word Tzedek (justice), and my lucky number, 24.

According to XTools

and some other stuff too, obviously.

I'm very proud of the following 4 Good Articles that I've either created entirely or essentially completely rewritten.

• E.C. Stoner
• Lafargue Clinic
• Herron Gymnasium
• Green Bay East—Green Bay West football rivalry

I also enjoy improving film summaries from time to time, if they're not up to par. Some I've largely rewritten include

• Brubaker
• City of Hope
• Return of the Secaucus Seven
• Basketball County
• Sonnenallee
• My Name is Joe
• In A Lonely Place
• Lumumba
• Ladybird, Ladybird
• Z
• Across 110th Street

		The WikiProject Wisconsin Barnstar
		Thank you for your work on the Weidner Center For The Performing Arts article! -- Dolotta (talk) 00:48, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		Thanks for your recent work patrolling new articles. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 21:13, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Wisconsin basketball comics

Thank you for quality articles such as Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia Sphas, Real Fact Comics and Lafargue Clinic, for work on articles for GA, such as Jack Kirby, for gnomish tasks and for copy-editing as a member of GOCE, - Zed, you are an awesome Wikipedian!

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Etzedek24 for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE September 2018 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 20:10, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

	The Civility Barnstar
	Thank you. The nomination was confusing, even though you appear to have been correct that they are not notable. E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:40, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for your contributions to the Hail Murray article and your efforts against Vandalism. Your efforts don't go unnoticed. CryptoKey98 (talk) 19:31, 20 December 2020 (UTC)