User talk:Orudge

I do believe I have the honor of addressing Owen Rudge, yes? Mackensen (talk) 05:24, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

You do... indeed, Owen Rudge here. How can I help?


 * Oh, just saying hello and such. I've played Transport Tycoon for years, and used to browse the forums regularly. I noticed your edit to Transport Tycoon and recognized the user name. Let me know if you need any help around here. Best, Mackensen (talk) 18:39, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

This is all a lie! You live in a university! Mwahahahahaha. Born Acorn 22:57, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

LOLBASKETS
ROFL Emoscopes Talk 21:00, 4 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Aw, hello there, Andy. Nice work with all the wiki-ing. ;) orudge 22:30, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Orcadian Wikipedians' notice board
Dear Orudge, please visit the Orcadian Wikipedians' notice board. Maybe you would consider joining the Category:Orcadian Wikipedians Mallimak

Orcadian Wikipedians - Scandinavian too?
Please see the discussion at Category talk:Orcadian Wikipedians. Thanks/wangi 13:15, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Miscellany for deletion
A portal created recently by User:Mallimak - the Orkney Portal - has been nominated for deletion. If you wish to take part in the discussion please contribute at:
 * Miscellany for deletion

Independent Orkney and Shetland wiki site
User:Mallimak and I held a meeting in Stromness this weekend with a number of interested parties and a group of visiting colleagues from Shetland.

We are all shocked at the way Orkney contributors and contributions have been treated on Wikipedia. It is clear to us that Wikipedia has less to do with encyclopaedic articles and more to do with information control.

There is currently a group of “Wikipedians” dedicated to editing Orkney articles to suit their own agenda and attacking anybody who tries to resist them. None of us can compete with those with the time and inclination to make literally a hundred or more edits each day. We would be willing to contribute scholarly articles and to allow them to be edited (if necessary) and added to by responsible editors – but that is not how things are happening on Wikipedia.

We have resolved to get our own independent wiki site up and running exclusively for encyclopaedic articles on Orkney and Shetland. We shall be approaching local internet service providers and website developers to help us set this up.

If you are interested in contributing to this project please leave a message on the Category talk:Orcadian Wikipedians page. (The Orcadian Wikipedians’ Noticeboard was demolished!)

Locally, we shall advertise in the press in due course.

Orkadian 17:17, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

St Andrews University
If it's not too strange to ask a fellow Wikipedian, can I ask what St Andrews Uni is like? I'm an A2 student, perhaps thinking of going there. I see from your user page that you're studying Computer Science there, which is also what I'm thinking of studying. Better to get insider information from an actual student, rather than the official website propoganda, right?

How good is the Computer Sciences department? What exactly does the course teach, and how is learning organised? How good are computer facilities/availability? What sort of culture is it there, from some pictures I've seen it looks quite traditional, but as its Scotland I'm assuming it's a bit less uppity than Oxbridge? What's the town like? What's the countryside like? (I'm into hiking/hillwalking.)

If you can find the time to answer, thanks.--Uberisaac 18:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice --Uberisaac 20:38, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland
I'm just dropping you a quick note about a new Wikipedian in Residence job that's opened up at the National Library of Scotland. There're more details at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scotland. Richard Symonds (WMUK) (talk) 15:16, 22 April 2013 (UTC)