User:Metabaronic





1. Biography

Metabaronic is a wikipedian whose IP address (86dot173dot133dot25 ) may have made minor tweaks in the past, but who has now come clean with a view to taking ownership of his edits, which are likely to be accurate and informed. He favours discussion and consensus over imposition, and realises he should make better use of sandboxes, but he defends his right to make unintentional mistakes as a result of being bold, and always promises to clear up his own mess afterwards.

For the record, his ancestry is mixed. His family comes from Fradswell in Staffordshire and Tettenhall in Wolverhampton, he was born in Wednesbury, was educated in Wolverhampton, lived in Sandwell and Birmingham for 20 years each, and has worked in Birmingham for 23 years.

PS. Formatting tips are always welcome.

2. Relevant Interests

I have lots, but I'll only list those I may be interested in editing.

At the present time, these are:


 * Anglo-Saxon Mercia
 * Birmingham
 * Doctor Who
 * Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I should point out that none of these interests are politically motivated. I don't support an Anglo-Saxon or Mercian revival, I don't have any political affiliations with Birmingham, I don't have fixed views about what is or isn't proper Doctor Who, or about what is or isn't the definitive version of the Hitchhiker's Guide, although I am an atheist polyhistor.

3. Contributions

Metabaron has made the following contributions in relation to WikiProject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms:

Æbbingas (redirect creator); Ælfingas (redirect creator); Arosæte (page creator); Banesbyrig (redirect creator); Category:Battles involving East Anglia (page creator);Category:Battles involving Kent (page creator);Category:Battles involving Mercia (page creator); Category:Battles involving Sussex (page creator);Category:Battles involving Wessex (page creator); Battle of Cefn Digoll (page creator); Battle of Chester; Battle of Cirencester (page creator); Battle of Ellandun; Battle of Hereford (page creator); Battle of Marton (page creator); Battle of Pencon (page creator); Battle of the Trent (page creator); Beorma (page creator); Beormingas (page creator); Beowulf; Bilsæte (page creator); Birmingham; Brummagem; Cilternsæte (page creator); Clemen ap Bledric; Creoda (disambiguation creator); Deorby (redirect creator]]; Category:East Anglia (page creator); Eorlingas (disambiguation creator); Forest of Mercia (page creator); Fradswell; Francatun (redirect creator); Frodawelle (redirect creator); Gegnburg (redirect creator); Gleawcaester (redirect creator); George Thalben-Ball; Hamtune (redirect creator); Hereford; History of Birmingham; Husmerae (page creator); Hwicce; Kidderminster; Legacæstir & Legeceasterscir (redirect creator); Lindisfaras (page creator); Category:Mercia (page creator); Mercia; category:Mercian people (page creator); Mercian Religion (page creator); category:Mercian settlements (page creator); Mercian Supremacy (page creator); Mercian Way (page creator); Middel Engli (redirect creator); Middel Seaxe (redirect creator); Olaf Guðfriðson (redirect creator); Category:Peoples of Anglo-Saxon Mercia (page creator); Pencersæte (page creator); Siege of Exeter (c.630) (page creator); Southumbria (redirect creator); Southumbrians (page creator); Snotingas (page creator); Stæfford (redirect creator]]; Suðanhymbre (redirect creator); Suðrigean (redirect creator); Sweordora (page creator); Tomsaete; Wæringwic (redirect creator); Weorgoran (page creator); Category:Wessex (page creator); WikiProject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms (WikiProject creator); Wodnesbeorh (redirect creator); Wōdnesfeld (redirect creator); Worcester; Wuttuceshǣddre (redirect creator)

4. To Do List

Items to do in relation to Mercia:
 * Færwinga
 * Hahlsæte
 * Meresæte
 * Rhiwsæte
 * Temersæte

5. Library

On the basis that I can only quote from what's online or from the books I own, its seems like an eminently sensible idea to list the relevant (and doubtless irrelevant books) that are available to me in the comfort of my own home. As I own more books than Hitler managed to accrue in his lifetime, this may take some considerable time. My library, as it develops, can be found here.

6. Barnstars