User:Roisterer

What is a Roisterer?
According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary (1990 edition), a roisterer is someone who revels noisily and uproariously. I've also seen it described as someone who behaves in a drunken, outrageous fashion. I am happy to say that I have never roistered while on Wikipedia (as far as I know).

Who is the Roisterer? Many have asked this exact question. Many have attempted to answer it. Some say the Roisterer is a lactose intolerant hermaphrodite who hasn't gotten around to adding his/her name to the appropriate Lactose Intolerant Hermaphrodite Wikipedians list. Some say the Roisterer is an illegal immigrant using Wikipedia in a convulated visa scam. There are even those who hold the theory that the Roisterer is in fact a lactose intolerant hermaphrodite illegal immigrant. The jury's still out on that theory, however I do keep an eye on the Lactose Intolerant Hermaphrodite Illegal Immigrant Wikipedians list.

Some have even claimed that the Roisterer is a hack journalist based in (but not from) New Zealand who uses Wikipedia to make heads or tails out of topics he has to write articles on. This claim in particular should be treated with suspicion.

What does the Roisterer like about Wikipedia? The fact that Wikipedia can be enjoyed on so many different levels. There is the simple level of using Wikipedia as a source of information. Then there is the added enjoyment of being finally able to put to use the apparently useless information I learnt at university. Finally, there are the unintentional laughs derived from reading talk pages as, for example, administrators patiently attempt to explain to new users that articles about the time they got drunk in a friend's garage and were sick on a couch is not really newsworthy enough for Wikipedia.

Countries the Roisterer has roistered in


Countries the Roisterer would have liked to have roistered in but couldn't get served alcohol



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Meanwhile, much to my surprise, I noticed that I have reached 35,000 Wikipedia edits. Amongst the articles I have either created or extensively changed include:

Australiana
 * South Australians: William Archibald – Geoffrey Attenborough – Henry Barwell – Bryan Beinke – Bruce Bowley – Leonard Bowley – Peter Bubner – Richard Layton Butler – Ainslie Caterer – Des Corcoran – Edward Craigie – Neil Dansie – Malcolm Dolman – Richard Drewer – Russell Ebert – Walter Giffen – Patrick Glynn – James Gooden – Leslie Gooden – David Gordon (Australian politician) – John Gunn – Steele Hall – Anthony Handrickan – Neil Hawke – Lionel Hill – Frederick Holder – Brian Hurn – Barry Jarman – Shirley Jeffries – Andrew Thomas Jones – Tony Jose – Andrew Lacey – Gil Langley – Gregor McGregor – John McLeay, senior – Roy Middleton – Robin Millhouse – Samuel MorcomUpdated DYK query.png – Mick O'Halloran – Mark OliphantFeatured article star.svg– Bob O'Shannassy – Aldam Pettinger – Thomas Playford II – Thomas Playford IVFeatured article star.svg – Alexander Poynton – Wayne Prior – Bob Quinn (Australian footballer) – Tom Quinn (Australian footballer) – Ramindjeri – Robert Richards (Australian politician) – Albert Robinson (Australian politician) – Vaiben Louis Solomon – Reg Spiers – Tom Stott – Baden Teague – David Tonkin – David Vigor – Charlie Walker (Australian cricketer) – Frank Walsh – Gavin Wanganeen – Norman Williams (Australian cricketer) – Hurtle Willsmore – Steve Wundke – Mick Young
 * Northern Territorians: Adair Blain – Sam Calder – Thomas Crush – Walter Griffiths – Goff Letts – Harold Nelson (Australian politician) – Elkin Reilly
 * New South Welshmen and women: Thomas Bavin – Cleaver Bunton – Ernest Carr – Mark Clews – Thomas Simpson Crawford – Sydney DeaneUpdated DYK query.png – James Fingleton – William Fleming (Australian politician) – Arthur Fuller – Al Grassby – Anthony Luchetti – Arthur Manning – Bruce Smith (Australian politician)Updated DYK query.png – Sydney Smith (Australian politician) – Eddie Ward
 * Queenslanders: Charles Barnes – Herbert BullmoreUpdated DYK query.png – Thomas Crawford (Australian politician) – Eric Deeral – Ian King (Australian cricketer) – Hunter Poon
 * Tasmanians: John George Davies – Brian Davison (cricketer) – William McWilliams – Ray O'Rourke – Ted PickettUpdated DYK query.png – Frederick William Piesse – Norm Sanders
 * Victorians: Doris Blackburn – Maurice Blackburn – Denby Browning – Peter Chitty – Jack Clancy (Australian footballer) – Lance Collins – Archibald Crofts – Sid Dockendorff – Henry Hagenauer – Albert Hartkopf – Wilfrid Kent Hughes – Henry Morley Kidgell – Wally Koochew – Islay McOwan – William Maloney (politician) – Charlie Moore (Australian rules footballer)Updated DYK query.png – Laurie Nash – Robert Nash (Australian rules footballer) – Peter Nixon – Bob Pratt – Laurence Schache – Fred Smith (Australian footballer) – Keith Smith (Australian footballer)Updated DYK query.png – Ted Whitfield – Henry Yager (footballer)
 * Western Australians: Hugh de LargieUpdated DYK query.png – Graham Ramshaw – Reginald Withers
 * Political Parties: Liberal and Country League – Liberal Movement – New LM – Single Tax League – Unite Australia Party
 * Other Politics Related Pages: Australian federal election, 1901 – Division of Mayo – Division of Sturt – Electoral district of Northern Territory – Electoral district of Ridley – List of Indigenous Australian politicians – List of Premiers of South Australia by time in office – Northern Territory Legislative Council – Playford Family of Australia
 * Geography: Barwon River, Victoria – Dimboola, Victoria – Gulargambone – Gundagai, New South Wales – Jeparit, Victoria – MacIntyre River – Murray Island – Nhill, Victoria – Raukkan, South Australia – Thursday Island
 * Sporting Clubs: Port Adelaide Football Club – West Torrens Football Club – Woodville Football Club
 * Other Sports related articles: 1935 VFL Grand Final – 1936 VFL Grand Final – 1982 VFL Draft – Coulter Law – List of Australian rules football families – List of South Australian representative cricketers – List of VFL debuts in 1897 – List of VFL debuts in 1898 – List of VFL debuts in 1899 – List of VFL debuts in 1900 – List of VFL debuts in 1901 – List of VFL debuts in 1904 – List of VFL debuts in 1908 – List of VFL debuts in 1911 – List of VFL debuts in 1914 – List of 1922 VFL debuts – List of VFL debuts in 1930 – List of VFL debuts in 1933 – List of VFL debuts in 1944 – List of VFL debuts in 1955 – List of VFL debuts in 1963 – List of VFL debuts in 1969 – List of VFL debuts in 1979 – List of VFL debuts in 1982 – List of VFL debuts in 1987 – List of VFL debuts in 1988 – List of VFL debuts in 1989 – List of AFL debuts in 1994 – List of AFL debuts in 1997 – List of AFL debuts in 1998 – List of AFL debuts in 1999 – List of AFL debuts in 2000 – List of AFL debuts in 2001 – List of AFL debuts in 2002 – List of AFL debuts in 2003 – List of AFL debuts in 2004 – List of AFL debuts in 2005 – List of AFL debuts in 2006 – List of VFL/AFL players of Indigenous Australian descent – List of World Series Cricket international five-wicket hauls – List of World Series Cricket international centuriesFeatured article star.svg
 * Australian History: Adelaide Establishment – Richard Bourke – Kleber Claux – List of Indigenous Australian firsts – Liverpool riot of 1916 – Nugan Hand Bank – Taman Shud Case – Wake in Fright

Foreign Types
 * Europe:
 * Bulgarian Tsaritsas (and an almost): Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz – Giovanna of Italy – Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma
 * England: Kenneth Gandar-DowerUpdated DYK query.png – Eric Hollies – Cecil Hunter RodwellUpdated DYK query.png – Herbert Stanley – Campbell Tait – Thomas Whythorne
 * Other Europe: Eleonore Baur – Georges Boulanger – Clémentine of Orléans – Cromarty fisher dialect – Lena River – Jeanette Schmid – Second League of Prizren – Jim Stynes – Lothar von Trotha  – Zorka of Montenegro

Legend
 * Africa:
 * Namibia: Angra Pequeña – Baster – Rehoboth, Namibia
 * South Africa: Murray Bisset – Aubrey Faulkner – Goshen – Lebowa – Charles Llewellyn – Lucas Mangope – Kaiser Matanzima – Kenneth Mopeli – Cedric Phatudi – Fraser Russell – Lennox Sebe – Bernard Tancred – Louis Tancred – Vincent Tancred
 * Zimbabwe: Lionel Cripps – Brian Davison (cricketer) – Robert James Hudson – Darlington Matambanadzo – Mazowe River – Solomon Mire – Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly – Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council – List of Rhodesian representative cricketers
 * The rest of Africa: Kanuri people – Lado Enclave – Maurice Odumbe
 * The Americas:
 * United States: Hunkerin' – Charles Kilpatrick (cyclist) – "Meat Man" – O.C. Smith – Mack Vickery
 * Other areas: Inshan Ali – Jim Allen (cricketer) – Sylvester Clarke – List of Guyanese representative cricketers – Montserrat slave rebellion of 1768 – Rangy Nanan – Everton Weekes
 * Pacific:
 * New Zealand: Martin Donnelly (cricketer) – List of Wellington representative cricketers – George Orr (cricketer)
 * Elsewhere: Bougainville Revolutionary Army
 * Asia: Charles Vyner Brooke – James Brooke – Historical enclaves – Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan – List of Burmese first-class cricketers – Lionel Robinson – Saemangeum Seawall – Spratly Islands – Thok Jalung
 * Featured article star.svg – The list is a Featured List
 * – The article is a Good Article
 * Updated DYK query.png – The article appeared on the Front page as a Did you know?

And here can be found some of the aforementioned so-so quality images that I have provided to Wikipedia.

Some legal sounding thing
I was asked to place the following statement on this page. Frankly I have no idea what it is about and am not in the slightest bit interested to find out but it looks harmless enough so here goes.

I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

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