User:Northumbrian



A Northumbrian is an inhabitant of Northumbria. Since no one has been able to strictly meet that criterion for a thousand years or so, I've decided to co-opt the definition for my own selfish purposes.

Because all of my direct ancestry comes from territory that either


 * once formed part of the ancient Northumbria, or
 * lies north of the Humber, irrespective of country

I've decided to label myself a Northumbrian and take it as my user name on the English language Wikipedia.

About
I am a technical writer and editor by profession. I currently live in Arizona in the USA.

I am a dual citizen of both the USA and the United Kingdom. I was born in Connecticut; my mother in England near Hull and my father in New York. His family is from Scotland, another area of interest of mine.

Editing interests
In the past, I often edited articles related to Hull City A.F.C. and Yorkshire, though I'm much less active in those areas than I used to be. Other areas of interest that I might dabble in occasionally include:
 * Topics related to the United Kingdom
 * Military affairs
 * Science
 * Politics
 * Religion

However, I mostly just wikignome and revert vandalism these days.

The userboxes below contain more information about my Wikipedia editing style and areas of interest.

Created articles

 * Hull Maritime Museum: Created article on 4 August 2007.

Did you know?

 * Hull Maritime Museum: ...that the museum houses the largest collection of scrimshaw artwork in Europe? Featured on 8 August 2007.

Good articles

 * KC Stadium: Helped to rewrite, reformat, copyedit, and source. GA status awarded on 16 September 2007.

Projects

 * WikiProject Yorkshire
 * WikiProject UK geography

Acknowledgements

 * Keith D: For providing welcome feedback, advice, and collaboration on the articles for the Hull Maritime Museum and the KC Stadium.

Barnstars

 * My first (and so far only!) one. Yay!