User:Lproven

Hello. I'm Liam Proven, a British technical writer, living in the Czech Republic. For more information about me, rather than duplicate it here, I suggest you visit my blog or LinkedIn profile - links at the bottom of this page.

I was enticed into writing for Wikipedia (as opposed to merely using it for reference) in 2003 by User:David_Gerard and alongside David I also know a number of other Wikipedians in real life, such as User:Sheridan.

2018 update -- I retired from writing for Wikipedia a decade ago since I was unjustly and unfairly attacked by User:Yamla. I have also had a number of carefully researched and referenced articles deleted. I disagree with the governance of Wikipedia these days, especially the power of deletionists, so I now do no more than an occasional bit of copy-editing. Until someone cracks down hard on the sort of petty Jobsworths who make this place a misery, I will no longer write new material for it. Liam Proven (talk) 11:54, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

I am also much amused to note (5 May '09) that an article of mine is cited as a reference in the article AmigaOS versions.

In the closest thing to Wikipedia commentary I am likely to make for the nonce, I would ask passing readers to note that this bio is entirely devoid of stars, badges or other little blazons and logos proclaiming membership of various factions of Wikipedians. I would also note that it contains my real-world identity and contact details. I feel that these are a sine qua non for anyone who would wish their authorship to be taken seriously.

In a vague attempt to keep track, I note that -- in addition to contributions to many others, some quite lengthy -- to the best of my recollection I am the original author of the following articles, in no particular order:
 * CLUT
 * Format Publications
 * Beta BASIC
 * BASIC toolkit
 * Rabelaisian - undergoing a move to Wiktionary
 * Non-PC compatible X86 computers (Now deleted, which I'm not happy about)
 * Upper Memory Area
 * Polaria
 * Museum of Reconstruction
 * Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society
 * Miles Gordon Technology
 * DISCiPLE
 * PlusD
 * Stela (which was subsequently chopped into 2 & rewritten. The biological sense was moved into a separate article...)
 * Stele (... which I have substantially rewritten)
 * Timex Sinclair 1000
 * Timex Sinclair 1500 (now merged into TS 1000 article)
 * Timex Sinclair 2048
 * Timex Sinclair 2068
 * VTech Laser 200
 * AY-3-8912 (now subsumed into and replaced by General Instruments AY-3-8912)
 * Robustness
 * Attribute clash
 * Interface 1
 * Non-Maskable interrupt
 * Locomotive Software
 * Mallard BASIC
 * Datel
 * Interrupt vector
 * Multiuser DOS
 * Lineo (stub)

Professional profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Personal blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/lproven/ Tech blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/liam-on-linux/ Skype: liamproven ICQ: 73187508 Google Talk/Gmail/Google Groups: lproven@gmail.com

Liam Proven (talk) 10:31, 8 August 2010 (UTC)