User:Cameron Dewe

I am a New Zealander. I have lived in Upper Hutt for about 20 years, after coming to Wellington, from Christchurch, about 25 years ago, for employment reasons.





WikiProjects
I have joined the following WikiProjects, where I regularly assess articles:
 * WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log
 * Organized crime task force : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log
 * Serial Killer task force : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log
 * Australian crime : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log
 * British crime : Talk : Template (Defunct WikiProject)
 * WikiProject Terrorism : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log
 * Note: the links shown beside each WikiProject correspond to some of the most useful pages for assessing articles in each project.

There are other WikiProjects that are relevant to assessing crime-related articles.
 * WikiProject Biography : Talk : Template
 * Editorial Team assessment bot : Talk

Selected comments

 * On the talk pages of Crime in Greater Manchester and Crime in Merseyside where these articles suggested that the police were responsible for crime in those areas. - "According to Sir Robert Peel, one function of the Police is to prevent crime, not be responsible for it ..."
 * Concerning the article about James Forster (poison pen letter writer) I commented that the § Article needs better flow - "This article seems to dash around all over the place. ..."

Interests
I am a telecommunications engineer. In my professional capacity I work for an emergency service, and I am interested in emergency telephone numbers, Call Centres, Queueing theory, Erlang, as well as things New Zealand especially my home town of Sumner as well as things Maori, (though I am pakeha).

Current interests

 * I am currently interested in articles relating to:
 * Crime statistics and the classification of crime.
 * New Zealand legislation, including student loans, child support and child protection.
 * Skills-based routing and Call centres.
 * Discrete event simulation

Recent activity

 * I have recently contributed to Queueing theory, Queueing model and related articles. In 2006 I undertook an undergraduate course in the subject and find Wikipedia is lacking the relevant material covered in the course.
 * I also contributed to Ride theory and discovered that it was not what I thought it might be, but something completely different. The lesson is that Wikipedia is not (always) correct,(or even close to the truth, sometimes).

First Impression of Wikipedia
''I found Wikipedia on 28 December 2002 (UTC) and haven't been able to stay away! It is addictive and my latest meal went cold in the oven about 4 hours ago. I think I am a Wikipediaholic already!'' - noted 13:14 Dec 30, 2002 (UTC)

Early Wikipedia activity
Significant Articles written from scratch, (or a stub) include: - as at 13:30 Dec 30, 2002 (UTC) - as at 08:50 Dec 31, 2002 (UTC) - as at 13:24 Jan 4, 2003 (UTC) - as at 08:21 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)
 * Telemarketing - my first
 * Computer telephony integration
 * Interactive voice response
 * Culture of New Zealand - my first major New Zealand Article
 * Culture of the Maori - because my NZ article needed to refer to it.
 * Almon Strowger, Strowger - Because he deserves a good biography on the net, as the internet would not have been possible without him and his invention - the automatic telephone exchange
 * Dial as in telephone and because Rotary dial is only half the story.
 * Eastbourne, New Zealand
 * Hutt valley, New Zealand
 * Upper Hutt, New Zealand
 * expansions to A. K. Erlang
 * Sumner
 * Sumner, New Zealand
 * Expanded New Zealand cinema, Forgotten Silver, Mockumentary
 * Expanded America's Cup, Mobile phone
 * Merged Emergency services number into Emergency telephone number (see also Universal emergency telephone number) also enhanced Nine-eleven, Ground zero.
 * Added to Lifeboat
 * Jetboat
 * Added to Bomb threat, Crank call
 * Optical communications
 * Communications channel
 * kiwiinapanic 12:29 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)


 * After this I discovered the contributions link identified all the articles I contributed to and gave up recording what I was doing, because I was so active editing I didn't have time to document. -- Cameron Dewe 02:39, 7 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I would, now, probably characterise much of my early activities and behaviour as that of a wikignome. I did tone down my activity after a while and later moved on to participate in a number of other wikis. Also, a lack of activity here for a (long) while does not mean I have stopped being involved in Wikipedia, just that there is not have enough time in my life to to contribute meaningfully. -- Cameron Dewe 02:46, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Possibilities
Some articles I am (still) thinking about or are interested in:
 * Dispatch, Dispatcher, Dispatchers, Calltaker, CSR
 * Non-Emergency telephone number, NXX telephone number plan, Telephone number, North American numbering plan, Australian 000 - 55 (no speech) calls
 * Cordless phone see Talk:Mobile phone
 * Civil Defence
 * Timeball station or tower
 * Computer-Assisted Dispatch or CAD and Enhanced 911
 * Telegraph, Telegram, Telex, Communications
 * Taupo volcanic zone
 * FIDO - Fog, Investigation and Dispersal Operation, Petroleum Warfare Department, General Donald Banks - Director 1940-1945

Some articles I though need attention in 2002 - (but may have been improved over the years):
 * Signal, Traffic light, Symbol
 * Many New Zealand articles.