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I am a Wikipedian living in Berlin and near Warsaw, born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Between these three points I have also lived for a month or more in Alberta, Manitoba, Nebraska, Tennessee, Vitsebsk, Słubice, Kraków, Rostov on Don, Düsseldorf, Moscow, Birmingham, Chicago, Hong Kong, New Mexico, Frankfurt (Oder), and Annapolis.
I do not like onions at all, hence my username ProhibitOnions. As a vegetarian, this can sometimes make things difficult.
I have been using Wikipedia since it started (and seemed to be little more than an online edition of the 1904 Encyclopaedia Britannica), editing occasionally as an anon, and registered in 2004. Some of the edits I'm happiest with are those that improved the standard of an article and helped end bickering over it; however, thanks to revert wars, Wikipedia is currently next to useless on many topics involving countries and religious beliefs that do not enjoy a long tradition of dispassionate discussion. I think I did a good job adding NPOV to others, but when it comes to such "controversial" topics, it's an uphill battle. In other cases, I've been able to put the vast store of trivia occupying my brain to some use.
Now that I have succumbed to the easy shorthand of userboxes, you can instantly understand everything there is to know about me, just by reviewing the table to the right.
If you're interested in a signature like mine (i.e., ProhibitOnions), please ask NikoSilver, who created mine in his signature shop.
Three articles that I think were unfairly deleted are now located in userspace at List of films with similar themes and release dates, Historical anomalies in Blackadder, and List of musicians with multiple self-titled albums. Feel free to keep editing them.
Archival fun: One, two, and three.
As my son is presently undergoing treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma, I presently have relatively little time to contribute to Wikipedia.
[edit] Contributions
I award this
Barnstar to
User:ProhibitOnions for his excellent contributions
Silly and other articles about East German music. --
TexasDex 03:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
This is a non-exhaustive list of articles I've written, significantly improved, or plan to improve.
Languages
List of words having different meanings in British and American English | List of British words not widely used in the United States | List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom | American and British English differences | Gender-neutral language
History and politics
Ich bin ein Berliner | Mother Teresa | Charles De Gaulle, Names and terms of address used for Charles de Gaulle , Things named after Charles de Gaulle, and related articles | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | Ryszard Siwiec | Geordie | Mackem | An Evening With Fred Astaire | The Edsel Show | Mass games | Rodło | American Czestochowa | Sto lat | Japanese General Government Building, Seoul | International Year of the Child | Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park) | Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists | Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany | Calel Perechodnik
Transport
Tyne and Wear Metro and related articles | List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations | Warsaw Metro | Mind the gap | Berlin Ostbahnhof | Berlin Hauptbahnhof | Tram and related articles | Guided bus | Translohr | Ostkreuz | Stralauer Tor (Berlin U-Bahn)
Here's a jar of
pickled onions for you! Pickled onions somehow promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others using Template:
smile! Happy editing! --
TBCTaLk?!? 23:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Computing and technology
Apple Macintosh and related articles | Laptop | Laser printer | Historic computers, including the Outbound Laptop, GRiD Compass, Gavilan SC, Sharp PC-5000, Epson HX-20, Compaq LTE, and Xerox NoteTaker | North American Numbering Plan | Dynamic Noise Reduction | Pioneering computer games including Dungeons of Daggorath, Spectre (computer game), and Galaxy Game | Teletext | Stereo 8, Compact Disc, Compact Cassette, Mini Cassette, RCA tape cartridge, SoundScriber, Steno-Cassette and other media formats
Companies and products
Deutsche Welle | McKinsey & Company | Discover Card | McDonald's, McDonald's products, and related articles | Aldi | Vodafone | Jamba! and related articles | Vodka | Diet Coke | New Coke | Coca-Cola | Prince Polo | Caffitaly | Choice (credit card) | The Everything Card
Popular music
Music for UNICEF Concert | Eurovision Song Contest | AC/DC, Brian Johnson, and related articles | Pink Floyd and related articles | The Rolling Stones and related articles | Puhdys | Silly (band) and Tamara Danz | N.R.M. | Mumiy Troll | Okean Elzy | Karat (band) | Fox (band) | Hey (band) and Kasia Nosowska | Varius Manx | Gerhard Gundermann | Alright Now | Ivanushki International | Check it Out (UK TV series)
German issues
Lindenstraße | Trabant | Ampelmännchen | Oberbaumbrücke | Friedrichshain | Oderturm | Ein Kessel Buntes | Grill Point | The Legend Of Paul And Paula | Distant Lights | Berlin 380 kV electric line | Frankfurt (Oder) | Viadrina European University | Kulturfinger
To-do list (Don't let me stop you from doing these...)
City (band) | Renft | Polizeiruf 110 | Collegium Polonicum | Club Cola | Helsinki Accords | Frankfurter Pilsener | Perfect (band) | Nationales Jugendfestival der DDR | Luise Endlich | Dulmont Magnum | Babyflot | Ponteland Railway | Railway de-electrification | ConTel (Continental Telephone Company) | Ulrich Müther | Fantasia on National Airs | Tees Valley Metro | Zepter International | Powerhouse UK (powerhouse::uk) | Kidditunes | Callers (the department store) | Binns (department store) | Bone Fone | Dial-a-Disc | Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
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