User:Melbourne3163

Although I joined Wikipedia in December 2010 I only became an active editor at the end of January 2013. I am enjoying the opportunity to contribute and now that I'm retired, I have time to do so. I spend dozens of hours each week researching, writing and reverting vandalism on Wikipedia.

Since I was a youngster I have been interested in reading biographies and autobiographies and I notice that I have subconsciously gravitated towards the same subjects with my Wikipedia editing. I am also interested in up-and-coming businesses and the sporting industry.

I concentrate on expanding and updating existing articles but I do create some new ones. Reverting Wikipedia vandalism is another passion of mine.

I like userboxes and those on the right tell you a bit more about me.

If you would like to leave me a message you can do so at my talk page here and I will answer promptly as I am online virtually every day.

Wikipedia articles that I have substantially revised and updated, or created


 * 3AW
 * Cop Shop
 * Adam Boland
 * Mike Brady (musician)
 * Philip Brady (broadcaster)
 * Gordon Bray
 * John Burns (radio)
 * Wayne Campbell
 * Anh Do
 * Denise Drysdale
 * Keith Dunstan
 * Josh Earl (created January 2014)
 * Penny Flanagan
 * Josh Fraser
 * Hannah Gadsby
 * Gallipoli (TV series) (created March 2014)
 * Darren Gauci
 * Francis Greenslade
 * Roy Higgins
 * Nathan Holman
 * John-Michael Howson
 * Dave Hughes
 * Jack Irish
 * Darren James (broadcaster) (created February 2013)
 * Scott Johnson (actor)
 * Samantha Lane
 * Ben Lennon AFL footballer (created February 2014)
 * Tony Leonard
 * Paul Little (Australian businessman)
 * Nick McCallum
 * Keith McGowan
 * Frank McGuire (Australian politician)
 * Kamdyn McIntosh (AFL footballer)
 * Rove McManus
 * Ivan Maric
 * Trevor Marmalade
 * Neil Mitchell (radio presenter)
 * Tony Moclair
 * Bert Newton
 * Andrew O'Keefe
 * Damien Oliver
 * Angela Pippos
 * Adam Richard (2014)
 * Ernie Sigley
 * Dick Smith (retailer)
 * Justin Smith (radio) (created April 2013)
 * Spicks and Specks (2014 TV series) (created January 2014)
 * Ross Stevenson (radio)
 * Lynda Stoner
 * Peter Schwab
 * Bob Tarlau
 * Denis Walter
 * John Waters (actor)
 * Caroline Wilson
 * Lisa Xu (created October 2013)

Additionally, I have made less extensive edits to hundreds of other articles and reverted many instances of vandalism.


 * Personal philosophy: "You can't worry about things you can't control"