User:G-Man
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Hello there, well seeing as you've gotten here, I live in the town of Rugby in the UK. I am 24 years old and a student, but I won't tell you what of (because I don't feel like it).
I've been contributing to wikipedia since February 2003.
I am interested in a fairly wide number of topics I do a lot of reading on many things. Mostly history/politics/current affairs, and a number of other things, including bicycles and cycling, railways/canals, 1970s/80s pop music.
I'm a sort of Jack-of-all-trades wikipedian really. I tend to write about whatever I feel like at the time.
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Images
Here's some of the images I have added to Wikipedia at my photo gallery
Articles
Here's a list of significant articles I have either created or added significantly to.
You do understand of course that this list is purely for my own benefit so I can remember what I've written, and has nothing to do with me bragging......Honest
Articles about places
Places in Warwickshire/West Midlands
- Birmingham + History of Birmingham
- Black Country
- Coventry + History of Coventry
- Dudley
- Tipton
- West Bromwich
Other places
- Alicante
- Banbury
- Oxford
- Leicester
- Daventry
- Market Harborough
- Lutterworth
- Northampton
- Washington, England
Roads, Stations etc
- Euston station
- Marylebone railway station
- Birmingham New Street station
- Birmingham Snow Hill station
- Warwick Castle
- Watling Street
- Fosse Way
- M1 motorway
- Birmingham International Airport (UK)
Canal articles:
- Ashby Canal
- Bridgewater Canal
- Canal lock
- Coventry Canal
- Foxton Locks
- Grand Union Canal
- Manchester Ship Canal
- Oxford Canal
- Ship canal
- Montgomery Canal
Railway/train articles
- West Coast Main Line
- Midland Main Line
- London and Birmingham Railway
- Midland Railway
- Midland Counties Railway
- Great Central Railway
- Stratford-Upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway
- Settle and Carlisle Railway
- Ffestiniog Railway
- Snowdon Mountain Railway
- Welshpool & Llanfair Railway
- Stockton and Darlington Railway
- Northern Ireland Railways
- French railway history
- Spanish railway history
- List of railway companies
- Rail transport
- Stratford and Moreton Tramway
- train
- FEVE
- RENFE
Bicycle/Cycling articles:
Music articles:
- Slade
- Yazoo
- Vince Clarke
- Electropop
- New Romantic
- Level 42
- Talk Talk
- T'Pau (band)
- Wet Wet Wet
- Alison Moyet
- The Troggs
- The Communards
- Oasis (band)
Technical articles:
- Vacuum brakes
- Kerosene lamp
- Mantle
- Derailleur gears
- Hub gears
- Bicycle brake systems
- Locomotive
- Railway signaling
- Rail tracks
- canal lock
- Third rail
History/political articles:
- Ancient Britain
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- Green Party of England and Wales
- UK Labour Party
- Communist Party of Great Britain
- Great Depression in the United Kingdom
- History of the Soviet Union
- Joseph Stalin
- History of the British canal system
- History of rail transport
- Beeching axe
Articles about people
- Richard Beeching
- James Brindley
- Thomas Hughes
- Egon Krenz
- Norman Lockyer
- L.S. Lowry
- Percy Pilcher
- Arthur Scargill
- Richard Trevithick
- James Howard Kunstler
Articles which fit into none of the above categories:
- Quarry
- Slum
- St John's wort
- Only Fools and Horses
- Love Thy Neighbour
- Morris Motor Company
- Thrust2
- ThrustSSC
- Duel (movie)
- Passenger Transport Executive
- Plus a number of other minor articles which I havn't bothered to list, I have also made edits to many other articles.
Things which need doing
- History of the British railway system Needs finishing, will get round to it sometime (I keep saying that).
- History of Britain Apparently two paragraphs are covering 5,000 years of British history. Something major needs doing here methinks.
Stuff about me
Just in case you're wondering (which you're probably not, but I'll tell you anyway) here are some things about my beliefs etc.
Religion. I don't follow any particular religion, but I believe that all the world's religions teach basically the same common sense rules of morality and behaviour, like treating your fellow men with respect and dignity and loving thy neighbor etc. (it's a shame more people who call themselves religious don't follow them really). I generally regard organised religion as a divisive and destructive force in the world.
Politics. I am on the liberal/left-wing side of politics. I would describe myself as a democratic socialist of Social Democrat. I believe that it's the government's job to re-distribute wealth and ensure that everyone in society has a minimum standard of living, and has the basics of life. Although I tend to vote for the Liberal Democrats or sometimes the Green Party.
Oh yes, I am also a keen Cyclist.
And I am not a Fish
There I hope you found that interesting.
Stuff
Useful sources
- http://www.encyclopedia.com/
- http://concise.britannica.com/
- http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/
- http://1911encyclopedia.org/
- http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRsearch.htm
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