User:Tony 1212

Hi, my name is Tony Rees, originally from the UK and resident in Australia for approx. the last 35 years. I was/am a professional biologist and software developer/database designer, and occasional performer on guitar and other instruments. One of my spare time interests is music appreciation (approximately UK & US folk, blues, country and jazz, the latter with an emphasis on the guitar in jazz) and I have a particular affection for gypsy jazz and its practitioners. Another is biology in the general sense, especially "macroscopic" views of biodiversity (see Biodiversity Informatics and Macroscope (science concept)), as well as the contributions of particular scientists in the past. I have been a Wikipedia contributor (off and on) since 2006, writing some articles about technical projects which I have either conceived (C-squares, the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera) or contributed to (OBIS, AquaMaps) but more about non technical areas including music, art, film, books, history, geography (UK and Australia) and the history of science/individual scientists. I have also uploaded over 300 of my original photographs to Wikimedia Commons for re-use in Wikipedia articles and elsewhere (refer list and thumbnails below).

Wikipedia contributions
In the music space I have recently done a bit of ongoing development/substantial overhaul on the following pages:

Music related

 * Django Reinhardt (page extended, section on technique added)
 * Lousson Reinhardt (page created, non-original photo created and added)
 * Baro Ferret (page created, non-original photo created and added)
 * Matelo Ferret (page created, non-original photo created and added)
 * Sarane Ferret (page created, non-original photo created and added)
 * Selmer guitar (page extended)
 * List of original (pre-war) Martin D-45s (page created)
 * Gold Dust (Sandy Denny album) (page extended)
 * Ian Date (Australian gypsy jazz practitioner) (page created, original photo added)
 * Diz Disley (page extended, original photos added)
 * Telephone Bill and the Smooth Operators (page created, original photo added)
 * Paul Metsers (page created, original photos added)
 * Dan Crary (original photo added)
 * Arizona Smoke Revue - no page yet, original photo added to Paul Downes and Pete Zorn pages
 * Richard Thompson (original photo added)
 * Bob Fox and Stu Luckley (Bob Fox page created, original photo added)
 * Clannad (original photo added)
 * Mike Silver (page created, no photo as yet)
 * Celtic Music (record label) (page re-created with label history + list of releases, a previous incarnation was deleted for other reasons)
 * Fapy Lafertin (original photo added, infobox created)
 * Moving Hearts (original photo added)
 * The Wrigley Sisters (original photo added, infobox created)
 * Mark O'Connor (original photos added)
 * Jim Rooney (original photos added)
 * Bill Keith (original photo added)
 * Gurian Guitars (page created, original photo added 2018)
 * Michael Gurian (luthier) (page created)
 * Isaac Guillory (original photo added)
 * Stochelo Rosenberg (original photo added, infobox created)
 * Kavisha Mazzella (added discography, 2 original photos added, infobox created)
 * William Main Doerflinger (song collector) (page extended)
 * Bart Stenhouse (original photo added)
 * Schnuckenack Reinhardt (page created, based initially on entry in German wikipedia, subsequently extended, non-original photo created and added)
 * Häns'che Weiss (page created, based initially on entry in German wikipedia, subsequently extended, non-original photo created and added)
 * Artie Traum (original photo added)
 * Pat Alger (original photo added)
 * Steve Phillips (musician) (original photos added)
 * Wizz Jones (original photo added)
 * Dave Swarbrick (original photo added - with Simon Nicol)
 * Peter Rowan (original photo added)
 * Flaco Jiménez (original photo added)
 * Chris While (original photo added)
 * John James (guitarist) (original photo added)
 * Sue Harris (original photos added)
 * Stuart Mossman (guitars) (2 original photos added)
 * Gypsy jazz (added "history" section plus list of selected recordings)
 * Stéphane Grappelli (original photo added - DVD launch concert, M. Taylor et al.)
 * Martin Taylor (guitarist) (original photos added)
 * Coleridge Goode (original photo added)
 * Ian Cruickshank (page created, original photo added)
 * Romane (page converted to an article on the guitarist, was a redirect)
 * Joseph Reinhardt (page converted to an article on the guitarist, was a redirect, non-original photo created and added)
 * Vince Gill article extended
 * Billy Byrd (page created, non-original photo created and added)
 * Dave Steel (original photo added, infobox extended)
 * Vin Garbutt (original photo added)
 * Melanie Shanahan (2 original photos added - 1 with Arramaieda)
 * Sandy Denny (article extended with additional discographic information)
 * Liege & Lief (Fairport Convention) (article extended with additional information)
 * Harry Robertson (folk singer) (article extended, infobox and non-original photo added)
 * Martyn Wyndham-Read (2 original photos added)
 * John Reilly (singer) (article extended, non-original photo added)
 * Cambridge Folk Festival (original photo added)
 * Wimborne Minster Folk Festival (original photo added)
 * Uilleann pipes (original photo added)
 * The Grehan Sisters (page created, non-original photo created and added)
 * Albert Lee (original photo added)
 * Vince Gill (original photo added)
 * Gerry O'Connor (fiddle player) (original photo added)
 * John Campbell Munro (original photo added)
 * De Dannan (original photo added)
 * Dolores Keane (original photo added)
 * Frankie Gavin (musician) (original photo added)
 * Alec Finn (infobox and original photo added)
 * Máirtín O'Connor (original photo added)
 * Eric Bogle (original photo added)
 * Alistair Hulett (original photo added)
 * Kristina Olsen (infobox added, 2 original photos added)
 * Fairport Convention (original photo added)
 * Fairport's Cropredy Convention appearances (original photo added)
 * The Albion Band (original photo added)
 * Les Barker (2 original photos added)
 * Muckram Wakes (original photo added)
 * Maria Muldaur (original photo added)
 * John Renbourn (original photo added)
 * Stefan Grossman (original photo added)
 * Jez Lowe (original photo added)
 * Brian Cookman (original photo added)
 * Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames (original photo added)
 * Rosenberg Trio (original photos added)
 * Mic Conway (original photo added)
 * Paul Simon in Concert (page extended with additional info)
 * Gibson Country Western (guitar) (page renamed (was "Country & Western"), extended with additional info, original photo added)
 * Gibson Southern Jumbo (guitar) (page created, with original photo)
 * Eva Cassidy: Live at Blues Alley (page extended with additional info)
 * Paul Simon's Concert in the Park (page extended with additional info)
 * Chris Newman (guitarist) (original photos added)
 * Beryl Davis (added a bit more info, expanded "external links" section)
 * John Etheridge (original photo added)
 * Marian Henderson (page created, non-original photo created and added)
 * John Meredith (folklorist) (original photo added)
 * Simon Mayor (original photo added)
 * Epiphone Texan (original photo added)
 * Monsieur Camembert (original photos added)
 * The Bushwhackers (band) (page created, non-original photo added)
 * Alex Hood (page extended with additional info, non-original photo added)
 * Trapp Family (page created, various non-original photos added)
 * Rory McLeod (singer-songwriter) (infobox created, 2 original photos added)
 * Sally Sloane (page created, non-original photo created and added)
 * Bush Music Club (page created, non-original photos added)
 * Gary Shearston (non-original photo improved)
 * Babik Reinhardt (page extended, non-original photo created and added)
 * Lulu Reinhardt (page created, initially based on content from German Wikipedia)
 * Isla Cameron (page extended with new information)
 * Nicholas Routley (2 original photos added)
 * Jyoshna (2 original photos added)
 * The Maid and the Palmer (page extended with new information)
 * The Kipper Family (original photo added)
 * Nic Jones (original photo added)
 * Allan Taylor (musician) (original photo added)
 * Kathryn Tickell (original photo added)
 * Grimshaw Guitars (page created, non-original and original photo created and added)
 * Songcatcher (movie) (page extended with new information)
 * Epiphone (page extended with new information, non-original and original photos added)
 * Robin Dransfield (original photo added)
 * Rosie Hardman (original photo added)
 * Magpie (folk duo) (original photo added)
 * Border Morris (original photo added)
 * John Kirkpatrick (musician) (original photos added)
 * Martin Simpson (original photos added)
 * Fred Wedlock (original photo added)
 * Shirley Collins (original photo added)
 * Dreadnought (guitar type) (page extended, original photo added)

Other

 * Grid (spatial index) (page created)
 * Ocean Biogeographic Information System (page created 2006, re-worked 2018, illustration created)
 * Census of Marine Life (page created 2006, re-worked 2018)
 * Biodiversity informatics (page extensively rewritten)
 * Environmental niche modelling (page created)
 * AquaMaps (page created)
 * C-squares (page created)
 * CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (page created)
 * Author citation (botany) (page extended)
 * East of Everything (TV miniseries) (page extended)
 * Broken Head, New South Wales (page created)
 * Dennis Curry (page created)
 * Oxford Castle (page extended, additional illustrations sourced/created)
 * Nimbin Rocks (original photos added)
 * Northern Rivers (page extended)
 * Byron Bay, New South Wales (additional content)
 * Feathertail glider (original photo added)
 * J. Frederick Grassle (page created, original photo added)
 * DNA barcoding (page updated, some new sections added)
 * Shirley Jeffrey (non-original photo added)
 * Mary E. White (some more information added)
 * Rag-and-bone man (original photo added)
 * Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (page extended with additional info)
 * Ebbe Nielsen Prize (page changed from a redirect, content added)
 * Ebbe Nielsen Challenge (page created)
 * Gurlitt Collection (page created, based on pre-existing page "2012 Munich artworks discovery", latter now deleted)
 * Cornelius Gurlitt (art collector) (page restored from deleted status, extended with additional info)
 * Hildebrand Gurlitt (page extended with additional info, non-original photo added)
 * Nightcap Range (3 original photos added)
 * Mount Burrell (original photo added)
 * Nomenclator Zoologicus (page created)
 * Sheffield Airey Neave (page extended with additional info)
 * Index to Organism Names (page created)
 * Rappville, New South Wales (page extended with additional info - including bulk of present content)
 * Lismore, New South Wales (page extended with additional info - especially "History" section)
 * Øjvind Moestrup (original photo added)
 * MV Nella Dan (original photos added)
 * Teignmouth Electron (a few updates, new external links, image gallery, + various non-original photos added)
 * Donald Crowhurst (page extended)
 * Macroscope (disambiguation page extended)
 * Macroscope (science concept) (page created)
 * Diatom (2 new classifications added, taxonomic history explained)
 * Travelling North (film) (synopsis and "Critical reception" sections added)
 * Kes (film) (extended "critical reception" section)
 * Macroscope (Wild-Leica) (page created)
 * Shirburn Castle (page extended with additional info)
 * Algospongia (page created)
 * ICES Statistical Rectangles (page created)
 * Sandra Jayat (artist and poet) (page created, non-original photo added)
 * Geilston Bay, Tasmania (page extended, original and non-original photos added)
 * Geilston Bay fossil site (page created, non-original photos prepared and uploaded for inclusion)
 * Andrew Geils (page created, 1 original photo included)
 * Travelling North (stage play) (page created - includes some info previously at Travelling North (film))
 * Shirburn Ballads (page created, 2 non-original photos added)
 * Biogeography (page extended with additional info)
 * Wilsons River (New South Wales) (original photo added)
 * Lismore railway station (original photos added)
 * Leycester Creek railway bridge (original photos added)
 * Leycester Creek (original photos added)
 * Colemans Bridge (original photo added)
 * Murwillumbah railway line (original photos added)
 * Lismore railway station, County Waterford (page created, with non-original photo)
 * Lismore railway underbridges (page created, including some original photos)
 * Virus classification (some updates, outdated material removed)
 * The Channon, New South Wales (new content for "History" section, previous redundant/incorrect material removed)
 * Sydney Monorail (original photo added in infobox)
 * James Craig (barque) (original photo added)
 * Burringbar, New South Wales (original photos added)

I am happy to discuss any of these and related aspects with others interested in this area.

You can see a list of my most recent 500 contributions here, or some stats on these edits here.

Original photographs uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
As a mini-project I have started digitising a few of my photos of performers on stage, etc. and uploading them to Wikimedia Commons for onward use in WP articles etc. as desired - see below for those uploaded so far. You might note a slight bias in favour of guitarists but in truth I admire good musicianship of many sorts, also including fiddle, banjo, other folk instruments as well as the odd electric player as well! (Just that I have not always carried a camera to gigs, in fact some actively prohibit them or there would be more here...)

NOTE: I have arranged these 3 per row, so that (in principle) they are also viewable on a mobile phone placed horizontally, without additional sideways scrolling...

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(last updated): Tony 1212 (talk) 13 June 2024