User:Urselius

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To editors:  Please stop tagging (adding templates) to the top of every article  you read and actually take the time to  fix the problems.

 "L'enfer, c'est les autres" 

 All Major Words in Titles and Headings Should Be Capitalised - something Wikipedia does not understand, for some reason.

 I waste far too much of my time defending articles that wrong-headed, POV/agenda-pushing, cockwombles wish to distort and debase, and I resent it greatly.

The Interests of Urselius


I am a hoary old scientist and have a PhD in Molecular Biology - I do not usually edit such subjects, but I am willing to help out, if asked.

My editing is largely of historical and biographical subjects related to:

Military History

Napoleonic History

English Civil War

Ancient and Medieval History

Rome

Byzantium

British History

Irish History

Anthropology

History of Science

Academia

Though only a hobby interest, I have had a number of historical articles published in online and print journals.

Wikipedia Contributions
Editing log Article creation log

I have created, wholly rewritten or greatly extended 118 articles.

New Pages Created
I created my first novel page on The Battle of Villagarcia in 1812, 8th Feb 2007.

My second, the Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir in 1177, 13th May 2008.

The third, Andronikos Kontostephanos c. 1130-1182, 8th August 2008.

The fourth, Alexius Comnenus (d. 1142), 11th September 2008.

The fifth, Battle of Benavente in 1809, 15th May 2009.

The sixth, James Cotter (of Anngrove), 22nd May 2009.

The seventh Firangi (sword), 2nd June 2009.

The eighth Harquebusier (cavalry) (converted from a redirect), 15th June 2009.

The ninth Colquhoun Grant (British cavalry general), 6th Oct 2009.

The Tenth William Careless (Carlos), 26th May 2010. Particularly gratifying to write an article about a relative, however distant in time.

The eleventh Sir James Fitz Edmond Cotter, 30th July 2010. Another (probable) relative.

The Twelfth Óttar of Dublin, 1st August 2010. An alleged ancestor.

The thirteenth Battle of Haram in 1128, 6th June 2012.

The fourteenth Siege of Shaizar in 1138, 23rd June 2012.

The fifteenth John Komnenos Vatatzes, 10th August 2012.

The sixteenth Needler Hall. 1st November 2012.

The seventeenth Hathershaw Hall

The eighteenth Maria Bonita (female bandit)

The nineteenth Secrete (helmet)

The twentieth Battle of Constantinople (1147)

The twenty first Gökböri

The twenty second Nayan (Mongol Prince)

The twenty third David F. Cutler

The twenty fourth Orle (helmet decoration)

The twenty fifth Gustaf Otto Rosenberg

The twenty sixth Brian G. Gardiner (biologist)

The twenty seventh John H Nicholson (Vice-Chancellor University of Hull)

The twenty eighth Sir Brynmor Jones (academic) (V-C University of Hull)

The twenty ninth Theodore Vatatzes

The thirtieth Thierry de Loos

The thirty first Stanley R Dennison (V-C University of Hull)

The thirty second Sir Roy Marshall (academic) (V-C University of Hull)

The thirty third Sir William Taylor (academic) (V-C University of Hull)

The thirty fourth Manuel Anemas

The thirty fifth Rhiainfellt‎ (wife of King Oswiu of Northumbria)

The thirty sixth Standard (mail collar)

The thirty seventh Pattern 1831 sabre for General Officers

The thirty eighth David Petley (V-C University of Hull)

The thirty ninth Eustathios Kamytzes

Pages Completely Rewritten
John Le Marchant

Battle of Antioch on the Meander

Battle of Sahagún

John Axouch

Ó Dálaigh

Demi-lancer

Constantine Gabras

Battle of Verona (312)

Battle of the Hellespont

Battle of Adrianople (324)

Komnenian Byzantine army:

Battle of Myriokephalon

Battle of Philomelion

Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Man-at-arms

Army of Macedon

John II Komnenos:

Sallet

Boeotian helmet

Battle of Arsuf

Nasal helmet

Close helmet

Bascinet

Armet

Lampião

Late Roman ridge helmet

Equites cataphractarii

Lobster-tailed pot helmet (zischagge)‎

Buff coat

Battle of Jaffa (1192)

Battle of Satala (298)

Linnean Society of London

Battle of Demetritzes

Battle of Dorylaeum (1147)

Alexios V Doukas

Theodore Branas

Barbute

Constantine V

Creoda of Wessex

Pages Largely Rewritten, Significantly Extended, or Rescued from Citationlessness
Robert Ballard Long

Martinian (Sextus Martinianus)

Battle of Chrysopolis

Battle of Cibalae

Battle of the Milvian Bridge

Battle of Turin (312)

Dorylaeum

1796 Heavy Cavalry Sword

Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre

Aventail

Pulwar

Licinius II

Cuirassier

Michael III

Basil I

Kilij

John Phillips (zoologist)

London lobsters

Battle of Sirmium

Battle of Campo Maior

Cotter family

Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Battle of Beroia

Capture of USS Chesapeake

Roger McGough

Burgonet

Boggart

Coppergate Helmet

University of Hull

Academic dress of the University of Manchester‎

BL 14 inch Mk VII naval gun

Prodromoi

Sarissophoroi

Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din

Alexios Branas

Pteruges

Flyssa

Piha kaetta

Kettle hat

Shashka

Badr al-Din Lu'lu'

Kotthybos

Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger

Contributions
I have contributed to: Battle of Waterloo, Manuel I Komnenos, Battle of Albuera, Late Roman army, 13th Hussars‎, Royal Scots Greys‎, Sir John Slade, 1st Baronet, William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, Cynric of Wessex‎, Mul of Kent‎, Cerdic of Wessex, Penda of Mercia, Caedwalla of Wessex, Historical basis for King Arthur, Irish People, Bassianus (senator), Scholae Palatinae, Megas Doux, Celts, Stilicho, Labarum, Magnentius, Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars, Christianization of Bulgaria, Boris I of Bulgaria, ‎John Tzelepes Komnenos, Basil II, Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Battle of Garcia Hernandez, Constantius II, Köse Mihal, Royal Oak, Chad of Mercia, Cedda, Sutton Hoo, Cork (city), History of Cork, Battle of the Standard, Battle of Brunanburh, Byzantium under the Komnenoi, Oliver Cromwell, House of Hohenzollern, Brendan Behan, Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd, Muireadhach Albanach, Battle of Worcester, Rheged, Charles II of England, Knight, British Emperor, Spencer family, Impi, Kopis, Makhaira, Amalfi, Hanged, drawn and quartered, Attic helmet, Isaac I Komnenos‎, Springald, Leda class frigate, Lively class frigate, Tuareg people, Richard I of England‎, Third Crusade, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Artemia salina, HMS Endymion (1797), Samnites, Flavius Aetius,  Bombardment of Algiers (1816), Alexios I Komnenos,  Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Izz ad-Din Mas'ud,  Battle of the Spurs‎, Archontopouloi, University of Manchester, BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun, Fender Duo-Sonic, Royal Society of Biology, Dán Díreach, Colichemarde, Dalmatius, Laguiole knife, Melusine, Robert Seppings, Cangaço, Anemas, Academic scarf, Frigate, Laser ablation electrospray ionization and others.

I made a big push to improve the articles on the battles of Constantine the Great (see:Template:Campaignbox Constantine Wars), which were, in general, rather poor. All are now at least somewhat improved.

Images
My first image upload - before and after:



I digitally restored the damaged features of the mosaic of John II Komnenos from Hagia Sophia.

Other
Howdy from Tirronan Tirronan 23:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Villagarcia
Nice article! Djmaschek (talk) 23:17, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

1796 Heavy Cavalry Sword
Good work on this article. I recoiled in horror from the mess it was before but didn't have time to sort it out. References to the Blessed Robson fill me with confidence. Epeeist smudge (talk) 13:49, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

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Pet Hates on Wikipedia
I despise people who stick notices saying "needs a reference here" or "needs an image" - why not do something useful like looking for the damn things yourself!?

Oh yes! and jobsworth, "pocket-Hitler" administrators, and the goons who show up for FA reviews. Of course this extends to the idiots one comes across all too often, even if they do not also fit into the previously mentioned categories. "L'enfer, c'est les autres"

I hate Wikipedia a lot of the time - I indulge in editing it just because I hate finding things that are wrong, incomplete or badly expressed even more.

Disclaimer
In a Wikipedia context my interest is confined to writing lucid text and providing good supporting references and images. I care not one jot about how references are formatted (as long as they are complete), how linking is done and disambiguation (if it is a real word), and not an oppidan's fart about use of dashes and date layout. I leave such things to the people who find them to be of importance.

Envoi
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