User:SimonLyall

 I'm on Wikibreak indefinitely I am unhappy with the project and have cut back my time here to prioritise other stuff. If you leave a message on my talk page I should see it. Otherwise I am only checking Wikipedia every couple of weeks and making occasional edits

My name is Simon Lyall. I started contributing to Wikipedia in July 2004.

For more information about me see my homepage. I don't believe in putting 50 boxes all over this page to show my languages spoken, favourite browsers and the like.

As of January 2010 I have made around 6,500 edits to wikipedia.


 * My 1000th edit on 17 Oct 2005 was this one to the About page.
 * My 2000th edit on 15 March 2006 was this which added some content to the Deaths section of the 1982 in New Zealand article.
 * My 3000th edit on 30 July 2006 appears to be this which removed some categories from Lanchester Valley Railway Path.
 * My 4000th edit on 27 January 2007 appears to be this which fixed a link from the book Code Blue - Emergency to its author James White.

Book Marks

 * Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Years_in_New_Zealand
 * Special:Recentchangeslinked/List_of_New_Zealand-related_topics
 * Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Vandalism patrol
 * Articles for deletion
 * Criteria for speedy deletion

Stuff I Have to remember to do

 * Move pages rather than copy content to a new page
 * Finish pages I start.

My Various User Pages

 * TODO - List of pages and ideas I could be working on in future.
 * testing - Testing stuff
 * My Talk page - I check wikipedia every day or two if you want to leave a message.

Main Pages/Areas I'm concentrating on right now
I mostly edit New Zealand related pages.


 * History of New Zealand
 * Timeline of New Zealand history
 * WikiProject New Zealand (Lots of stuff to do)
 * List of New Zealand-related topics

A quote
I used to be involved in Usenet a bit. Here is a quote that might be applicable to some who forget we're here to write an encyclopedia not debate their pet issues or form a social club.

"...it's about damn time that all of us who actually give a damn about Usenet stand up and tell the people who don't to fuck off and die." -- Russ Allbery

A reference to the sounce

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