User:Aridd/1



''Aridd is watching you. Feel free to leave him a message''.

Location: Bry-sur-Marne, France

Misc. information about me:
 * vegetarian and antispecist
 * former student at the ENS Cachan
 * English teacher (teaching British & Commonwealth cultural studies at Paris 7 University)

I'm currently working on my doctoral thesis, on "Britishness" and the development of national identity in Commonwealth countries in Oceania.

I am the author of two published research articles:
 * "Les communautés d'Îliens du Pacifique en Nouvelle-Zélande : Intégration et identité culturelle" (in GERMAIN, Lucienne & LASSALLE, Didier (eds.), Communauté(s), communautarisme(s) : aspects comparatifs, Paris: L'Harmattan, 2008, ISBN 978-2-296-05366-3 )
 * "Relations interethniques aux Îles Fidji : deux 'minorités' face à face?" (in GERMAIN, Lucienne & LASSALLE, Didier (eds.), Les relations interethniques dans l'aire anglophone : entre collaboration(s) et rejet(s), Paris: L'Harmattan, 2009, ISBN 978-2-296-08678-4 ).

I contribute more to the French Wikipedia, where there is a relative lack of articles on Pacific countries (there are many important things to add regarding Australia and Fiji, for example).

I have copied several of my Wikipedia articles to Knol. (example) I have also copied several of my articles from the French Wikipedia to the online version of the Larousse encyclopedia. (see here)

An article that I created in the English Wikipedia has been mentioned and linked to by a major French newspaper.

A line that I wrote in my article Wantok Cup (The Cup is intended to be a thrice-a-year competition, to be held in July (twice) and September (once), as part of independence commemoration celebrations in the Solomons, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, respectively.) was plagiarised by the main Papua New Guinean daily newspaper, the Post-Courier, on June 24, 2008.

Similarly, on July 8, 2009, a reporter for the Fiji Times, admitting that she got her information from Wikipedia, mentioned facts that I had added to articles: Marcus Stephen holding |"several government portfolios from Home Affairs, Phosphate Royalties Trust, Police, Prisons and Emergency Services and then the Public Service", and Dame Carol Kidu having been |"given a French award for her work and continued commitment to alleviate discrimination against physically and mentally disabled women, girls and children". You're welcome, Ms. Lavetiviti. But I hope you checked the sources I provided, rather than take my word for it.

I have written thirteen DYK articles: Lamine Guèye (skier), Trischa Zorn, Pal Szekeres, Niue Star, Ruatara (chief), Mary Ann Müller, Kiribati–Cuba relations, Robert Van Lierop, Fiji and the United Nations, James Tanis, Ralph Regenvanu, Love Patrol and The Maori Merchant of Venice.





In addition to various edits, in the English Wikipedia I've started the following articles:
 * Melanesian socialism
 * Vava'u Code
 * Battle of Kaba
 * Commonweal (United Kingdom)
 * People's Charter for Change and Progress
 * Micronesian Games
 * Nukuleka
 * Sino-Pacific relations
 * National Council of Bhutan
 * Tata Güines
 * La Bougie du Sapeur
 * Samoan nationality law
 * Tongan nationality law
 * Visesio Moeliku (one line stub)
 * Ramire Rosan
 * New Zealand-Fiji relations
 * Fiji-Tonga relations
 * Australia-Papua New Guinea relations
 * Australia-Nauru relations
 * Vanua
 * Tembinok'
 * Nauruan nationality law
 * Anslom Nakikus
 * Timeline of Tongan history
 * Ahmad Dhani
 * List of Niuean monarchs
 * Maori Australians
 * American New Zealander
 * Samoan New Zealander
 * Berenado Vunibobo
 * Robert Guba Aisi
 * Fekitamoeloa 'Utoikamanu
 * Jin Jing
 * John Waiko
 * Nauruan parliamentary election, 2008
 * Chinese in Tonga
 * North Korean parliamentary election, 1998
 * French–North Korean relations
 * French–South Korean relations
 * Fiji-South Korean relations
 * Jimmy Wilson (handyman)
 * Levon Jones
 * Arnold Amet
 * Ralph Regenvanu
 * Sino-Vaticanese relations
 * Emma Hunter
 * Rachel Ah Koy
 * Caroline Pickering Puamau
 * Carl Probert
 * Gibson Nyandoro
 * Epeli Hau'ofa
 * The Land Has Eyes
 * Vilsoni Hereniko
 * Sapeta Taito
 * John Pule
 * Ake Lianga
 * Larry Santana
 * Nauru at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
 * Nauru at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
 * Nauru at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
 * Nauru at the Commonwealth Games
 * Tuvalu at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
 * Tuvalu at the Commonwealth Games
 * Tonga at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
 * Tonga at the Commonwealth Games
 * Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games
 * Reanna Solomon
 * Timothy Akis
 * British-Sanmarinese relations
 * Cinema of Fiji
 * Koonalda Cave
 * Colin Beck
 * Wandjuk Marika
 * O'Love Jacobsen
 * Nasteh Dahir
 * Tonderai Ndira
 * Abdul Samad Rohani
 * Jacques Chirac Foundation for Sustainable Development and Cultural Dialogue
 * The National (Papua New Guinea) (one line stub)
 * Sela Molisa
 * Grace Mera Molisa
 * Afghanistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Mehboba Ahdyar
 * Robina Muqimyar
 * Masoud Azizi
 * Fartun Abukar Omar
 * Rakia Al Gassra
 * Luvsanlkhundeg Otgonbayar
 * Somalia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Katura Marae
 * Sudan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Rabah Yusuf
 * Paula Barila Bolopa
 * Laurence Thoms
 * Fatema Hameed Gerashi
 * Kim Hyang-Mi
 * Shun Fujimoto
 * Abdul Baser Wasiqi
 * Timor-Leste at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Timor-Leste at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Ken Churchill
 * Tuvaluan constitutional referendum, 2008
 * Danny Crates
 * South Africa at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Wantok Cup
 * July 2008 first Wantok Cup
 * Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Toke Talagi
 * Daniel Greaves (athlete)
 * Bangladesh at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Bob Maza
 * Kaitinano Mwemweata
 * Meamea Thomas
 * Stephen Miller (athlete)
 * Guyana at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Zimbabwe at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Samira Bitar
 * Jordan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Sirivanh Ketavong
 * Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong
 * Aguida Amaral
 * Mariana Diaz Ximenez
 * Martinho de Araújo
 * Karima Medjeded
 * Cyril Jonard
 * Vietnam at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Rwanda at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Rwanda at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Jean de Dieu Nkundabera‎
 * Palestine at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Benin at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Israel at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Edward Chikombo
 * Cambodia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Syria at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Nepal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Peru at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Malawi at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Jenny Keni
 * Mae Koime
 * Alaa Jassim
 * Lima Azimi
 * Wania Monteiro
 * Cape Verde at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * British Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Belize at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Nicaragua at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Yemen at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Francois Latil
 * Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics‎
 * Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics‎
 * Panama at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur
 * Bernard Squarcini
 * Isaac Menyoli
 * Prawat Nagvajara
 * Andrei Drygin
 * Leyti Seck
 * Lamine Guèye (skier)
 * Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics‎
 * Mher Avanesyan
 * Armenia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Lisa Llorens
 * Siobhan Paton
 * Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Iraq at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Sheila Mae Perez
 * Hong Kong, China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Television Tonga 2
 * Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Giles Long‎
 * July 2008 second Wantok Cup
 * Zhang Hai Yuan
 * Sisilia Nasiga
 * Nacanieli Qerewaqa
 * Tautua Samoa Party
 * Elis Lapenmal
 * Hamse Abdouh
 * Zakiya Nassar
 * Izhak Mamistvalov
 * Mayumi Narita
 * Clodoaldo Silva
 * Béatrice Hess
 * September 2008 Wantok Cup
 * Logona Esau
 * Vietnam at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Equatorial Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Gabon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Togo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Mozambique at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Aruba at the 2008 Summer Olympics
 * Charles Olemus
 * Itte Detenamo
 * Samiyo Yusuf
 * Hem Bunting
 * Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Ali Adnan
 * Hassan and Morqos
 * Natalia Partyka
 * Poland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Croatia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Germany at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Italy at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Norway at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Serbia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * New Anticapitalist Party
 * Makelesi Bulikiobo
 * Priscila Tommy
 * Wendy Hale
 * Homa Hosseini
 * Doli Akhter
 * Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Denmark at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Finland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Hungary at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Spain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Philippines at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Portugal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Singapore at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Sweden at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Austria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Brazil at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Elizabeth Kosmala
 * Assia El Hannouni
 * The People's Party
 * Tshotlego Morama
 * Botswana at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Santiago Lange
 * Farouq Molloy
 * Buthaina Yaqoubi
 * Argentina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Asmahan Farhat
 * Hong Kong at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Junior Wantok Cup
 * Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Cato Zahl Pedersen
 * Ragnhild Myklebust
 * Ele Opeloge
 * Stany Kempompo Ngangola
 * Pamela Girimbabazi
 * Okilani Tinilau
 * Mount Upuigma
 * Petero Okotai
 * Jamil El Reedy
 * Rusiate Rogoyawa
 * George Tucker (luger)
 * Abdinasir Said Ibrahim
 * National Council for Building a Better Fiji
 * Tim Sullivan (athlete)
 * Mexico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Cambodia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Tunisia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * Fiji at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Bougainvillean presidential election, 2008
 * Ranjesh Prakash
 * Papua New Guinea at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Trischa Zorn
 * Morocco at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Peru at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Indonesia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Turkey at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Turkey at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * Palestine at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * Algeria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Madagascar at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Thailand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * FYR Macedonia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * FORU Oceania Cup
 * Husam Azzam
 * Palestine at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Palestine at the Paralympics
 * Chris Holmes (swimmer)
 * Lauren Woolstencroft
 * Stéphanie Dixon
 * Afghanistan at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
 * Afghanistan at the Paralympics
 * Afghanistan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Elliot Mujaji
 * Angola at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Uganda at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Colombia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Russia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Syria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Mareena Karim
 * Qaher Hazrat
 * Tonga at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Tonga at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * Tonga at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Tonga at the Paralympics
 * Egypt at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Egypt at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Egypt at the Paralympics
 * Joseph Churchward
 * Solo Idol
 * William Harris (beachcomber)
 * Pál Szekeres
 * Zhang Xiaoling
 * Slovenia at the Paralympics
 * Chiang Chih Chung
 * James Anderson (swimmer)
 * Turkmenistan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * The Respected Comrade Supreme Commander is Our Destiny
 * La Classe américaine
 * Sholto Taylor
 * Peter Norfolk
 * Jody Cundy
 * Macau at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Wang Xiaofu
 * Philip Craven
 * 2008 Summer Paralympics national flag bearers
 * Haiti at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Haiti at the Paralympics
 * Antoinette Guedia Mouafo
 * David Smétanine
 * Hou Bin
 * Faroe Islands at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * Heidi Andreasen
 * Faroe Islands at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Faroe Islands at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
 * Faroe Islands at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
 * Faroe Islands at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
 * Faroe Islands at the Paralympics
 * Andorra at the Paralympics
 * Andorra at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
 * Angola at the Paralympics
 * Jose Armando Sayovo
 * Fiji at the Paralympics
 * Fiji at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
 * Fiji at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
 * Fiji at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
 * Fiji at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Fiji at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * Papua New Guinea at the Paralympics
 * Papua New Guinea at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
 * Samoa at the Paralympics
 * Samoa at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Samoa at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * Vanuatu at the Paralympics
 * Vanuatu at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Soviet Union at the Paralympics
 * Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
 * Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
 * Vadim Kalmykov
 * Valentina Grigoryeva
 * Christina Naess
 * Pascal Pinard
 * Osamah Alshanqiti
 * Paralympic swimming
 * Dmitry Kokarev
 * Philippe Révillon
 * Christos Tampaxis
 * He Junquan
 * Arnaud Assoumani
 * Vincent Boury
 * Christophe Durand
 * Thu Kamkasomphou
 * Nunuku-whenua
 * Francis Kompaon
 * Joyleen Jeffrey
 * Vanessa Quai
 * Cuban-Pacific relations
 * Solomon Star
 * Mongolia at the Paralympics
 * Mongolia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
 * Mongolia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * Prawat Wahoram
 * Faroe Islands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Vanuatu at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Macau at the Paralympics
 * Macau at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
 * Bangladesh at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * Palestine at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
 * Sudan at the Paralympics
 * Sudan at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
 * Sudan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * National Television Service
 * Sione Lātūkefu
 * Joe Natuman
 * Human rights in Rwanda
 * Peter Florin
 * Samir Shihabi
 * Ali'ioaiga Feturi Elisaia
 * Sin Son Ho
 * Afelee F. Pita
 * The Other Side of the Frontier
 * Kevin Conrad
 * Niue Star
 * Michael Jackson (journalist)
 * Puka Temu
 * Pak Ui-chun
 * Broadcasting Corporation of Niue
 * Keina Tito
 * Abureti Takaio
 * Solomon Islands national futsal team
 * Ruatara (chief)
 * Fiji–Solomon Islands relations
 * Meri Te Tai Mangakahia
 * Mary Ann Müller
 * Wiremu Parata
 * Solomon Islands–Venezuela relations
 * Solomon Islands–Cuba relations
 * Cuba–Kiribati relations
 * Vanuatu–Cuba relations
 * Soviet Union–Vanuatu relations
 * Soviet Union–Tonga relations
 * Vanuatu–Libya relations
 * France–Vanuatu relations
 * France–Fiji relations
 * France–Kiribati relations
 * France–Nauru relations (deleted)
 * France–Papua New Guinea relations
 * Robert Van Lierop
 * Kendrit Shiri Sanatan Dharam Shiv Temple
 * Vanuatu and the United Nations
 * Tuvalu and the United Nations
 * Niue–People's Republic of China relations
 * Fiji and the United Nations
 * Tole’afoa Solomona To’ailoa
 * Radio Happy Isles
 * Radio Happy Lagoon
 * Wantok FM
 * James Tanis
 * Sam Akoitai
 * Hyon Chol-hae
 * Iraqi literature
 * North Korean literature
 * Hong Seok-jung
 * Literature from the "Axis of Evil"
 * Iranian literature
 * Syrian literature
 * Libyan literature
 * Salah Al-Hamdani
 * Hanna Mina
 * Privy Council of Tonga
 * Tongan Cabinet
 * Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Solomon Islands)
 * People's Republic of China – Saudi Arabia relations
 * China–Fiji relations
 * People's Republic of China – Kiribati relations
 * People's Republic of China – Papua New Guinea relations
 * People's Republic of China – Samoa relations
 * People's Republic of China – Tonga relations
 * People's Republic of China – Vanuatu relations
 * Roger Salengro
 * Teresia Teaiwa
 * Emelihter Kihleng
 * Literature of Papua New Guinea
 * Literature of Fiji
 * Literature of the Cook Islands
 * Literature of Niue
 * Literature of Samoa
 * Literature of Tonga
 * Literature of Vanuatu
 * Literature of the Solomon Islands
 * Love Patrol
 * Yr Australydd
 * L'Hebdo du Vanuatu
 * Tohi Tala Niue
 * Sara Watson
 * Khanzir
 * Cabinet of the Solomon Islands
 * David Pacha
 * Federica Bigi
 * William Takaku
 * Warriors in Transit
 * National Theatre Company (Papua New Guinea)
 * Tari Bunia Bank
 * Pentecost Star
 * Eselealofa Apinelu
 * The Maori Merchant of Venice
 * Nahau Rooney
 * Tangaroa Tangaroa
 * Teima Onorio
 * Vice President of Kiribati
 * Cabinet of Kiribati
 * Cabinet of Nauru
 * Japan-Tonga relations
 * John Cauchi
 * Attorney General (Tonga)
 * Elena Băsescu
 * Natasja Oerlemans
 * Ibrahim Maiga
 * Vanuatuan general election, 1983
 * Vanuatuan general election, 1987
 * Vanuatuan general election, 1991
 * Vanuatuan general election, 1995
 * Vanuatuan general election, 1998
 * Lawrence Foanaota
 * Solofa Uota
 * Joseph Kaven
 * Allan Marat
 * Janetta Douglas
 * Aro (person)
 * Cuba–Tuvalu relations
 * New Dawn
 * Council of Ministers of Vanuatu
 * Pakoa Kaltonga
 * Pacific Islands Museums Association
 * Sand drawing
 * Patrick Crowby
 * Harry Iauko
 * Fiji Intelligence Services
 * Metuisela Mua
 * Ephraim Kalsakau
 * Vanuatu Cultural Centre
 * 2009 Oceanian Futsal Championship
 * Harry Tong
 * National Library (Vanuatu)
 * Tuvalu National Library and Archives
 * National Library of Somalia

I've also filled in the article on my home town, and created the "Relations in Oceania" section in the article "Foreign relations of Cuba", and the "Relations with the Pacific" section in the article "Foreign relations of Australia". I've added sections to a few other articles, such as the section on the 'Ice Curtain' border in the article on the Bering Strait, the section on Henry Reynolds' role in the Mabo judgement, the section on Aboriginal resistance in Australia, 1788-1850... I've contributed significantly to the article on the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay; the section on media coverage, in particular, is almost entirely my work. I've updated and completed various articles, mainly relating to Oceania (such as Pacific Solution, Stolen Generations...). Most of the article on Miguel D'Escoto is by me. I've created list pages for newspapers in Pacific Islands countries (which I don't count in my list of articles above).

Things to do (amongst many others) Create the following articles: Complete the article on the History of Samoa.
 * Australia–Solomon Islands relations
 * Australia–Fiji relations
 * 2006 riots in the Solomon Islands
 * Solomon Islands–Iran relations
 * Effroyables Jardins (2002 French film)
 * Cecil King Wungi
 * Martin Morububuna
 * Langi Kavaliku
 * Kotahitanga
 * Tuvalu Media Corporation
 * Hilda Kari
 * Panapasa Balekana
 * Rabaul strike of 1929
 * Laura Ampa
 * Jasad (magazine)
 * Military history of Fiji
 * France–Monaco relations
 * John Momis
 * Samoa–Tuvalu relations (due to historical significance)
 * Deed of Cession
 * articles on relations between the United Kingdom and Pacific Island countries
 * articles on relations between Australia and Pacific Island countries, and/or an article on Australia–Pacific relations
 * the same for New Zealand; possibly also articles on France, the US and Japan's relations with the Pacific, all of which are historically and/or presently significant

See also: Through the hidden door to my subpage

Random comment: What a wonderful place is Wikipedia, where you can find encyclopediae in Latin, Tok Pisin, Klingon (until recently), and Scots!

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