User:Cloptonson
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Born: 20 June 1959, Shropshire, England. Gender: Male. Nationality: British, English. First Language: English. Other Language with largest vocabulary - German (mainly through Anglo-German church contacts). Educated: Mary Webb School, Pontesbury, Shropshire; Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology. Occupation; Civil servant, Ministry of Defence.
Inspiration for User name
An amalgam of the names of Clopton Lloyd-Jones and Edwin Alderson, men who both lived in my home village at different times and had been the subject of local historical research by the User.
Interests away from Wikipedia.
Local historical research, writing articles (usually local history), composing poems, sightseeing (particularly churches, cathedrals, historic houses, museums, cemeteries), local Anglican parish church, bass singer.
(As at 16 April 2023)
Main 1. Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom 2. List of footballers killed during World War II 3. Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom 4. United Kingdom general election records 5. List of crematoria in England 6. List of friendly fire incidents 7. Earl Shilton 8. Golders Green Crematorium 9. Shrewsbury 10. United Kingdom by-election records
Talk
1.
Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom
2.
Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
3.
Shrewsbury
4.
List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars
5.
Eddy de Neve
6.
John Westwood (footballer)
7.
Honours of Winston Churchill
8.
Percy Toplis
9.
Shrewsbury School
10.
United Kingdom general election records
Biographical - primarily people with Shropshire links (not just Shropshire-born). Chiefly military, sporting and political figures, British peers. I bring to the editing of these my experience (begun at secondary school) and interest in local historical research primarily of my native Shropshire, and of bordering counties: Herefordshire, Cheshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire in England, and Denbighshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire in Wales.
In August 2013 I began making additions to the lists of Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom and in 2014 began additions on Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, and in 2015 United Kingdom general election records and United Kingdom by-election records. I have also begun in December 2014 editing articles on Biblical characters.
NB - The user declares he is unrelated to any subjects of Wikipedia biographies, so he is independent of vested family interest.
Historical - articles mainly military history (notably both World Wars), local history of places, British political history.
Geographical - primarily pages on places in Shropshire and bordering counties. Helped by researching, and experience of visiting, and staying in them. Places further afield may also get my treatment if they have been explored by me or they have figured much in my research. I am also apt to add (where justly due) to lists of those buried at featured cemeteries.
In September 2015 I incorporated in several articles on modern UK parliamentary constituencies details of former borough constituencies, especially the 'rotten boroughs', that lay within their current boundaries.
In August 2012 I begun populating pages (or page sections) on British and overseas cemeteries and churches with details of CWGC-registered war graves and special memorials, or amending and augmenting where such details have already been input. Beginning with Golders Green Crematorium, at least 400 cemeteries, churchyards and crematoria have been treated, as well as the CWGC's Memorials to the Missing such as Menin Gate and Thiepval Memorial. I have also added details of Victoria Cross recipients buried, cremated or commemorated at those places. Within England I have added war grave details to articled cemeteries and churches in Shropshire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Somerset, Cheshire, Birmingham, Merseyside, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, Essex, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex. I have treated articles on cemeteries outside the UK in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hong Kong, India, the Irish Republic, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Turkey, Uruguay and the United States. I was further spurred by the centenary of the outbreak of World War I and the 75th anniversary of that of World War II in 2014.
For same reason, I also begun (June 2014) adding cited details of war memorials to articles on Shropshire churches or villages.
Films/TV - bringing to notice anachronisms or departures from history.
I began reading Wikipedia frequently in about 2007, having first consulted it at work colleague's request for lyrics of a Tom Jones song (unsuccessfully). I have since used them as reference - among many sources - for my detailed historical researches, while recognising inaccuracies seen on some existing pages.
User Since: 4 February 2012, after acquiring laptop for home use.
My editorial experience of Wikipedia is in amending or augmenting text of English language pages - usually about places and people - with citations from reference books, periodicals and online sources, and creating links to other articles where that has been omitted.
I do not attempt changes to foreign language pages but I intervened once, in a Polish language page, on General Roman Gorecki, just to make clear his grave is at Shropshire's Whitchurch.
Also contribute to Talk Pages of articles - usually to inform on major changes to be made; question unhelpful or confusing statements in existing text; draw attention to major inaccuracies, apparent irrelevancies in text and illustrations (eg portraits that look inconsistent with era and age of article subject), and points possibly deserving clarification or checks by other users.
Also make opportune corrections to improve spelling where applicable, rephrase sentences where desirable to read more clearly without harming presented information, or chronologically rearrange text.
I have also lifted information between articles, generally from those more detailed to those less detailed that associate with the more detailed's topic, eg in January 2015 I have been lifting details from the London Necropolis Company and the London Necropolis Railway to augment the article on Brookwood Cemetery (which the company built and originally owned).
Some scurrilous or vandalistic details I have deleted (or caused deleted by those who could confirm they were not genuine) from pages, see articles' respective Talk pages for fuller stories:
Charlton Kings - from list of local churches:
St Chuckus Norris Church of Kung-Fu
Chetton - section Population:
Chetton is also notably the home of Oakley mills-keeling
Church Aston - section Notable Residents:
Jack Blake - Party Animal
Condover - section Sports - about Condover Football Club:
managed by Tom Hanchers dodgy hairline to go with his teams
Ellesmere College - section Notable Old Ellesmerians:
*Jez Sykes - Worst Player at Winchester Club *Tom Kinsey (Erich Gustav Katz) - Painter *Bosco de Santiago - footballer
George Emmerson - at end of section Career
Don Quixote
Grove School, Market Drayton -
Previously a Special Needs school admired by Cristiano Ronaldo, Deji Olatunji, Darren Watkins and Olajide Olatunji, in December 1941 Grove School converted to Football Academy Club status. The school is now sponsored by Manchester United.
Harmer Hill - about the village
It ceased to exist at midnight on 31st December 1999. Extensive searches have taken place but no trace has been found. A small vigil takes place on the last Sunday of every month in Preston Gubbals to commemorate the disappearance.
The name Harmer comes from the two words "Artic log (disambiguation)" and [Dream topping]],..
Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk - about the Duke, a lifelong Roman Catholic:
He was also known to be one of the only Muslim Duke at the time in England, alongside the Duke of Surrey.
History of Middlewich - summary about the town:
In ancient times Middlewich had a burial ground dating back to the Saxon times located close to the big lock in where there are many haunted beings there is regularly a group of Mormons who do visuals in the local area to ward of the demons.
Meole Brace School - from list of Notable former pupils:
*John F. Kennedy, Former Meole Brace Basketballer *Francine McGarrity, less than 5 Instagram followers
Montgomery, Powys - section The Old County Gaol:
The warden of the Gaol was, for over 62 years, Micky Dripp. He pioneered a new inmate reconditioning scheme in the 1960’s which went on to form the basis of the Icelandic prison system as it exists today. Dripp was also prominent in local government, a scene in which he used corruption to obtain the role of governor of Montgomeryshire. Twenty-seven adulterers, an issue about which Dripp was unusually passionate, were put to death in 1981 before he was ousted from his position of power. 2007 saw a Dripp comeback to rival that of the Taliban in 2021 and managed to get elected to police chief of Welshpool. Unfortunately, Dripp had no knowledge of the town and its local culture and his attempts to mediate antagonistic dispute between the local Polish and Burmese communities were broadly unsuccessful. Indeed, 724 residents were crushed to death in the ‘Umbrella Crush’ of 2009, in an incident that was entirely blamed of Dripp’s mishandling of the situation.
Morda - section History:
Lordship In 2007 Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II Commissioned the Lordship of Morda to The Right Honorable Lord Joel of Morda.
However this got reinstated with more text but still uncited and ahistorical:
The Lordship of Morda In 2007 Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II Commissioned the Lordship of Morda to The Right Honorable Lord Joel of Morda. Lord Joel has always been admired by his subjects, they often speak about his benevlot acts of generosity and his good looks, which makes him one of the most sought after bachelors in North Shropshire.
Myddle - section Notable people:
Steve Blenkinsop, England international in cricket, tennis, football, and rugby. Also known to accompany Noddy in his car.
Oswestry - from Toponym section:
Oswestry is also the name given to the place where an Owl makes its nest.
Pimhill - about area:
Pimhill is also the home of renowned trail runner, facemelting shredder and cake maestro Rossatron.
Shrewsbury Town F.C. - section Managerial history, fictitious entry:
* Sir Trevor Brian Evans 1886–1905. ** Former olympian and local man, who took over the side from the "Castle Blues" and was the first manager of the club when they became Shrewsbury Town
Stapleton, Shropshire - section Notable people:
Lord J.A. Dale - Educator and athlete
Swynnerton - section Key moments in history:
The Swynnerton Stout and Fitzherbert Worst, local ales have been awarded the global taste of disgust award every year from 3648 BC.
Upton Magna - about village:
Upton Magna is home to the notorious gang 'ST. Lucia Elite youth', established in 2008.
Welshpool - section Nobable People - Sport
* Rob Cookson , Excellent five a side footballer, and out like a shot at 5.58pm each Tuesday
Yockleton - section Notable People:
Grand Dame Alison Wade (1972-) local pedigree farmer, in 1972 fell out of the sky as an angel, a self-described Liberal Conservative, went on to rule the world, previously serving as a Prime Minister for the Principality of YokelLand between 1992-1999. Famous for when born able to sing Lily the Pink 10 times a day accompanied in E-Minor by her two pet unicorns along with a red squirrel joining on bass guitar.
Books:
Biographical Reference, National Interest:
Biographical and Historical, Shropshire Interest:
Newspapers:
Journals:
Online Resources:
In Shropshire
Elsewhere
Abroad
The articles/lists below received added information unless otherwise stated:
Albert, Prince Consort* Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale* Horatio Bottomley* Robert Catesby* Neville Chamberlain* Princess Charlotte of Wales* Learie Constantine* Charles Darwin (illustration)* Benjamin Disraeli* Alec Douglas-Home* Edward VII of the United Kingdom* Sir Edward Elgar* Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover* George IV of the United Kingdom* George V of the United Kingdom* James II of England* Cosmo Gordon Lang (corrected information)* Nikita Khruschev* George Lansbury* Ronald Reagan (also added illustration)* Mary Martha Sherwood* Alexis Soyer (including corrected information)* Bert Trautmann* Ellen Wilkinson* William IV of the United Kingdom
Altrincham* St Nicholas Church, Blakeney* Chartwell* Dorset* Manchester* Northampton War Memorial (corrected information)* Tower of London* Warwick Castle (including corrected information)* St Botolph's Church, Quarrington* Weymouth, Dorset
Assassination of Spencer Perceval* Battle of Barnet* Battle of Bosworth Field (citation added)* Battle of Vimy Ridge (corrected information)* Coronation of the British monarch* Peterloo Massacre {corrected information}* Priestley riots* Stockton and Darlington Railway* Victoria Cross
List of Archbishops of Canterbury* List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
The articles below received added information from me unless otherwise indicated:
Sir Edwin Alderson* Arthur, Prince of Wales* W.H. Auden* Tony Benn* Charles Blackader* John Boydell (corrected information)* James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan* John Brunt* Winston Churchill* Edward Colston (updated information)* Thomas Crump* John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland* Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester* Caroline Flack* Hermann Göring* Henry VIII of England* Eric Lock* Manchester Martyrs* Romualdas Marcinkus (corrected information)* Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson* Sir Isaac Newton* Louis Nolan (corrected illustration and wikilinking)* Leni Riefenstahl* Franz Schubert* Mary Seacole (corrected information)* Chloe Sevigny* Stephen Sutton* Margaret Thatcher* Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard* Robert and Thomas Wintour
St Beuno's Church, Aberffraw* St Mary's Church, Acton, Cheshire* Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery (updated information)* Ashford, Kent* Ashtead* St Mary's Church, Astbury* Basingstoke* Bentworth* Binsted, Hampshire* St Edern's Church, Bodedern* Bournemouth* Canterbury, Kent* St Ceinwen's Church, Cerrigceinwen* Chester Cathedral (improved picture caption)* Chew Magna* St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke* Derwent Valley Mills (corrected information)* Dorchester, Dorset* Dorking* Eastbourne* Epsom* Galveston, Texas* Hebden, North Yorkshire* St Margaret's Church, Ifield, West Sussex* Islay* Leatherhead* St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch* St Peulan's Church, Llanbeulan* St Dona's Church, Llanddona* St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen* St Mary's Church, Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy* St Ffinan's Church, Llanffinan* St Michael's Church, Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog* St Gallgo's Church, Llangallgo* St Cristiolus's Church, Llangristiolus* St Nidan's Church, Llanidan* St Gwenllwyfo's Church, Llanwenllwyfo* St Iestyn's Church, Llaniestyn* London Necropolis railway station* Ludlow Castle (corrected wikilinking)* M54 motorway* St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth* Middlewich* Oakhanger, Hampshire (corrected information)* All Saints Church, Patcham* St Mary's Church, Pentraeth* Poole* Portishead, Somerset (updated information)* Portsmouth (corrected information)* Powis Castle (corrected information)* Richmond Park* Romford* Shalden* Shrewsbury (delisted as GA 2023)* Staines-upon-Thames* Steep, Hampshire* Stokesay Castle (corrected information)* St Beuno's Church, Trefdraeth* St George's Church, Trotton* Uxbridge* Weston-super-Mare* Weybridge
1900 Galveston hurricane* Christmas truce* Commonwealth War Graves Commission* Gunpowder Plot (corrected information)* HMS Hostile (H55)* Murder of Celine Figard (named then Home Secretary)* Norway Debate* Royal National Lifeboat Institution (corrected and clarified information)* Statue of Edward Colston (corrected information)* Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl*
Edited 1,000th article on Thursday 31 January 2013 - Christ Church, Eaton, Cheshire. Added section "Churchyard" to report a CWGC-registered war grave.
Edited 2,000th article on Saturday, 2 November 2013 - Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley. Added details of education, political party, election to Royal Society, and (accidental) circumstances of death.
Edited 3,000th article on Sunday, 25 May 2014 - Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa, USA. Added details of CWGC-registered war grave.
Edited 4,000th article on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 - Acton Reynald village, Shropshire. Added mention of Acton Reynald Hall and practical demolition of village to create its parkland.
First interview - on 28 January 2015 for Project Report on WikiProjectDeath for The Signpost issue of 4 February 2015 (titled "Dicing with death - on Wikipedia?").
Edited 5,000th article on Friday, 12 June 2015 - Dairy Crest, updated reference to Crudgington Creamery, Shropshire, now closed, with research facility moved to Harper Adams University and sandwich spread production concentrated in Kirkby (from Shropshire newspaper story).
Edited 6,000th article on Wednesday, 13 January 2016 - Newcastle, Shropshire. Added section on parish church.
Edited 7,000th article on Thursday, 22 September 2016 - Suzi Perry. Added award of honorary degree from University of Wolverhampton.
Edited 8,000th article on Saturday, 3 November 2018 - James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist). Added significant biographical information including full life dates, education, family details.
Edited 9,000th article on Saturday, 13 June 2020 - Richard Colley (cricketer) - added information on education pre-university and county cricketing for Oxfordshire and Shropshire.
Edited 10,000th article on Saturday, 20 February 2021 - Lyttelton family - added caption information on portrait of judge Thomas Littleton and added talk page comment drawing to attention omission of Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, the Stuart judge who was a descendant.
Edited 11,000th article on Sunday, 4 July 2021 - Great Bridge Unity F.C. - pinpointed county of Great Bridge's location during 1880s (Staffordshire), information on club lifespan.
Edited 12,000th article on Friday, 19 November 2021 - Diocese of Newcastle (Church of England) - corrected the stated number of honorary assistant Bishops then serving the diocese.
Edited 13,000th article on Thursday, 19 May 2022 - Howard Plumb - further detail of life outside his sport.
Edited 14,000th article on Wednesday, 8 February 2023 - Ana Pauker - raised citation need over her stated birth date which is variously given as February and December 1893.
Edited 15,000th article on Friday, 29 September 2023 - Charlotte Burbury - clarified she died at Richmond in London.
While I endeavour to save all edits under my user name, I have also (accidentally, not by design) contributed edits under following IP addresses:
217.141.23.33 - 16 biographies, three places, Talk re 1876 FA Cup Final.
213.122.140.252 - 3 biographies, two places (I disown oldest edit in account - was not an editor in 2011).
194.81.127.244 - Four place articles (Powis Castle, West Ham Jewish Cemetery, Westminster Abbey Burials and Monuments, Sidestrand), talk points re Sir Sam Hughes, Stanley Baldwin and 6th Marquess of Northampton, and 3 biographies ( Lancelot Hogben, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, 6th Marquess of Northampton.)
85.158.202.7 - Added Sir William Strickland to list of Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom killed in accidents.
86.155.139.70.132 - 5 biographies, one place ( Hodnet).
86.152.158.133 - 3 biographies, one Talk re Second Battle of Ypres).
86.141.23.33 - Article on Hewlett Johnson.
86.137.43.2 - Article on Brookwood Cemetery (disown first edit in the account)
86.132.13.37 - one Talk re Major General Hubert Hamilton.
81.153.121.160 - 3 biographies, besides two edits to this profile.
31.48.248.218 - introduced section on divorced Prime Ministers (Anthony Eden) in Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom,and work on section on Brother Sets of MPs in Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom.
217.35.253.76 - further detail of WWI service of Sir Oswald Mosley.
30.50.165.221 - entered in Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom the shortest interval (fastest comeback) between terms served by a Prime Minister - Henry Pelham's two days out of office in 1746.
217.35.253.7 - further detail in talk page comment to article on Larcomar, regarding coverage of recent fire disaster.
TO BE CONTINUED
User:Cloptonson
This user is a member of WikiProject Shropshire |
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This user is interested in his local history. |
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This user lives in Great Britain. |
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This user is male. |
This user is a member of
WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom. |
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participates in WikiProject Biography. |
This user is interested in World War I. |
This user is a member of WikiProject Military history. |
This user lives in Shropshire. |
This user has made over 50,000 edits to Wikipedia. |
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This user contributes using a laptop. |
This user is one of the 3000 most active English Wikipedians of all time. |
This user is right-handed. |
This user enjoys singing. |
64Y | This Wikipedian was born on 20 June 1959 and is 64 years, 10 months, and 6 days old. |
Born: 20 June 1959, Shropshire, England. Gender: Male. Nationality: British, English. First Language: English. Other Language with largest vocabulary - German (mainly through Anglo-German church contacts). Educated: Mary Webb School, Pontesbury, Shropshire; Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology. Occupation; Civil servant, Ministry of Defence.
Inspiration for User name
An amalgam of the names of Clopton Lloyd-Jones and Edwin Alderson, men who both lived in my home village at different times and had been the subject of local historical research by the User.
Interests away from Wikipedia.
Local historical research, writing articles (usually local history), composing poems, sightseeing (particularly churches, cathedrals, historic houses, museums, cemeteries), local Anglican parish church, bass singer.
(As at 16 April 2023)
Main 1. Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom 2. List of footballers killed during World War II 3. Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom 4. United Kingdom general election records 5. List of crematoria in England 6. List of friendly fire incidents 7. Earl Shilton 8. Golders Green Crematorium 9. Shrewsbury 10. United Kingdom by-election records
Talk
1.
Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom
2.
Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
3.
Shrewsbury
4.
List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars
5.
Eddy de Neve
6.
John Westwood (footballer)
7.
Honours of Winston Churchill
8.
Percy Toplis
9.
Shrewsbury School
10.
United Kingdom general election records
Biographical - primarily people with Shropshire links (not just Shropshire-born). Chiefly military, sporting and political figures, British peers. I bring to the editing of these my experience (begun at secondary school) and interest in local historical research primarily of my native Shropshire, and of bordering counties: Herefordshire, Cheshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire in England, and Denbighshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire in Wales.
In August 2013 I began making additions to the lists of Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom and in 2014 began additions on Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, and in 2015 United Kingdom general election records and United Kingdom by-election records. I have also begun in December 2014 editing articles on Biblical characters.
NB - The user declares he is unrelated to any subjects of Wikipedia biographies, so he is independent of vested family interest.
Historical - articles mainly military history (notably both World Wars), local history of places, British political history.
Geographical - primarily pages on places in Shropshire and bordering counties. Helped by researching, and experience of visiting, and staying in them. Places further afield may also get my treatment if they have been explored by me or they have figured much in my research. I am also apt to add (where justly due) to lists of those buried at featured cemeteries.
In September 2015 I incorporated in several articles on modern UK parliamentary constituencies details of former borough constituencies, especially the 'rotten boroughs', that lay within their current boundaries.
In August 2012 I begun populating pages (or page sections) on British and overseas cemeteries and churches with details of CWGC-registered war graves and special memorials, or amending and augmenting where such details have already been input. Beginning with Golders Green Crematorium, at least 400 cemeteries, churchyards and crematoria have been treated, as well as the CWGC's Memorials to the Missing such as Menin Gate and Thiepval Memorial. I have also added details of Victoria Cross recipients buried, cremated or commemorated at those places. Within England I have added war grave details to articled cemeteries and churches in Shropshire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Somerset, Cheshire, Birmingham, Merseyside, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, Essex, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex. I have treated articles on cemeteries outside the UK in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hong Kong, India, the Irish Republic, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Turkey, Uruguay and the United States. I was further spurred by the centenary of the outbreak of World War I and the 75th anniversary of that of World War II in 2014.
For same reason, I also begun (June 2014) adding cited details of war memorials to articles on Shropshire churches or villages.
Films/TV - bringing to notice anachronisms or departures from history.
I began reading Wikipedia frequently in about 2007, having first consulted it at work colleague's request for lyrics of a Tom Jones song (unsuccessfully). I have since used them as reference - among many sources - for my detailed historical researches, while recognising inaccuracies seen on some existing pages.
User Since: 4 February 2012, after acquiring laptop for home use.
My editorial experience of Wikipedia is in amending or augmenting text of English language pages - usually about places and people - with citations from reference books, periodicals and online sources, and creating links to other articles where that has been omitted.
I do not attempt changes to foreign language pages but I intervened once, in a Polish language page, on General Roman Gorecki, just to make clear his grave is at Shropshire's Whitchurch.
Also contribute to Talk Pages of articles - usually to inform on major changes to be made; question unhelpful or confusing statements in existing text; draw attention to major inaccuracies, apparent irrelevancies in text and illustrations (eg portraits that look inconsistent with era and age of article subject), and points possibly deserving clarification or checks by other users.
Also make opportune corrections to improve spelling where applicable, rephrase sentences where desirable to read more clearly without harming presented information, or chronologically rearrange text.
I have also lifted information between articles, generally from those more detailed to those less detailed that associate with the more detailed's topic, eg in January 2015 I have been lifting details from the London Necropolis Company and the London Necropolis Railway to augment the article on Brookwood Cemetery (which the company built and originally owned).
Some scurrilous or vandalistic details I have deleted (or caused deleted by those who could confirm they were not genuine) from pages, see articles' respective Talk pages for fuller stories:
Charlton Kings - from list of local churches:
St Chuckus Norris Church of Kung-Fu
Chetton - section Population:
Chetton is also notably the home of Oakley mills-keeling
Church Aston - section Notable Residents:
Jack Blake - Party Animal
Condover - section Sports - about Condover Football Club:
managed by Tom Hanchers dodgy hairline to go with his teams
Ellesmere College - section Notable Old Ellesmerians:
*Jez Sykes - Worst Player at Winchester Club *Tom Kinsey (Erich Gustav Katz) - Painter *Bosco de Santiago - footballer
George Emmerson - at end of section Career
Don Quixote
Grove School, Market Drayton -
Previously a Special Needs school admired by Cristiano Ronaldo, Deji Olatunji, Darren Watkins and Olajide Olatunji, in December 1941 Grove School converted to Football Academy Club status. The school is now sponsored by Manchester United.
Harmer Hill - about the village
It ceased to exist at midnight on 31st December 1999. Extensive searches have taken place but no trace has been found. A small vigil takes place on the last Sunday of every month in Preston Gubbals to commemorate the disappearance.
The name Harmer comes from the two words "Artic log (disambiguation)" and [Dream topping]],..
Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk - about the Duke, a lifelong Roman Catholic:
He was also known to be one of the only Muslim Duke at the time in England, alongside the Duke of Surrey.
History of Middlewich - summary about the town:
In ancient times Middlewich had a burial ground dating back to the Saxon times located close to the big lock in where there are many haunted beings there is regularly a group of Mormons who do visuals in the local area to ward of the demons.
Meole Brace School - from list of Notable former pupils:
*John F. Kennedy, Former Meole Brace Basketballer *Francine McGarrity, less than 5 Instagram followers
Montgomery, Powys - section The Old County Gaol:
The warden of the Gaol was, for over 62 years, Micky Dripp. He pioneered a new inmate reconditioning scheme in the 1960’s which went on to form the basis of the Icelandic prison system as it exists today. Dripp was also prominent in local government, a scene in which he used corruption to obtain the role of governor of Montgomeryshire. Twenty-seven adulterers, an issue about which Dripp was unusually passionate, were put to death in 1981 before he was ousted from his position of power. 2007 saw a Dripp comeback to rival that of the Taliban in 2021 and managed to get elected to police chief of Welshpool. Unfortunately, Dripp had no knowledge of the town and its local culture and his attempts to mediate antagonistic dispute between the local Polish and Burmese communities were broadly unsuccessful. Indeed, 724 residents were crushed to death in the ‘Umbrella Crush’ of 2009, in an incident that was entirely blamed of Dripp’s mishandling of the situation.
Morda - section History:
Lordship In 2007 Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II Commissioned the Lordship of Morda to The Right Honorable Lord Joel of Morda.
However this got reinstated with more text but still uncited and ahistorical:
The Lordship of Morda In 2007 Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II Commissioned the Lordship of Morda to The Right Honorable Lord Joel of Morda. Lord Joel has always been admired by his subjects, they often speak about his benevlot acts of generosity and his good looks, which makes him one of the most sought after bachelors in North Shropshire.
Myddle - section Notable people:
Steve Blenkinsop, England international in cricket, tennis, football, and rugby. Also known to accompany Noddy in his car.
Oswestry - from Toponym section:
Oswestry is also the name given to the place where an Owl makes its nest.
Pimhill - about area:
Pimhill is also the home of renowned trail runner, facemelting shredder and cake maestro Rossatron.
Shrewsbury Town F.C. - section Managerial history, fictitious entry:
* Sir Trevor Brian Evans 1886–1905. ** Former olympian and local man, who took over the side from the "Castle Blues" and was the first manager of the club when they became Shrewsbury Town
Stapleton, Shropshire - section Notable people:
Lord J.A. Dale - Educator and athlete
Swynnerton - section Key moments in history:
The Swynnerton Stout and Fitzherbert Worst, local ales have been awarded the global taste of disgust award every year from 3648 BC.
Upton Magna - about village:
Upton Magna is home to the notorious gang 'ST. Lucia Elite youth', established in 2008.
Welshpool - section Nobable People - Sport
* Rob Cookson , Excellent five a side footballer, and out like a shot at 5.58pm each Tuesday
Yockleton - section Notable People:
Grand Dame Alison Wade (1972-) local pedigree farmer, in 1972 fell out of the sky as an angel, a self-described Liberal Conservative, went on to rule the world, previously serving as a Prime Minister for the Principality of YokelLand between 1992-1999. Famous for when born able to sing Lily the Pink 10 times a day accompanied in E-Minor by her two pet unicorns along with a red squirrel joining on bass guitar.
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Edited 1,000th article on Thursday 31 January 2013 - Christ Church, Eaton, Cheshire. Added section "Churchyard" to report a CWGC-registered war grave.
Edited 2,000th article on Saturday, 2 November 2013 - Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley. Added details of education, political party, election to Royal Society, and (accidental) circumstances of death.
Edited 3,000th article on Sunday, 25 May 2014 - Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa, USA. Added details of CWGC-registered war grave.
Edited 4,000th article on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 - Acton Reynald village, Shropshire. Added mention of Acton Reynald Hall and practical demolition of village to create its parkland.
First interview - on 28 January 2015 for Project Report on WikiProjectDeath for The Signpost issue of 4 February 2015 (titled "Dicing with death - on Wikipedia?").
Edited 5,000th article on Friday, 12 June 2015 - Dairy Crest, updated reference to Crudgington Creamery, Shropshire, now closed, with research facility moved to Harper Adams University and sandwich spread production concentrated in Kirkby (from Shropshire newspaper story).
Edited 6,000th article on Wednesday, 13 January 2016 - Newcastle, Shropshire. Added section on parish church.
Edited 7,000th article on Thursday, 22 September 2016 - Suzi Perry. Added award of honorary degree from University of Wolverhampton.
Edited 8,000th article on Saturday, 3 November 2018 - James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist). Added significant biographical information including full life dates, education, family details.
Edited 9,000th article on Saturday, 13 June 2020 - Richard Colley (cricketer) - added information on education pre-university and county cricketing for Oxfordshire and Shropshire.
Edited 10,000th article on Saturday, 20 February 2021 - Lyttelton family - added caption information on portrait of judge Thomas Littleton and added talk page comment drawing to attention omission of Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, the Stuart judge who was a descendant.
Edited 11,000th article on Sunday, 4 July 2021 - Great Bridge Unity F.C. - pinpointed county of Great Bridge's location during 1880s (Staffordshire), information on club lifespan.
Edited 12,000th article on Friday, 19 November 2021 - Diocese of Newcastle (Church of England) - corrected the stated number of honorary assistant Bishops then serving the diocese.
Edited 13,000th article on Thursday, 19 May 2022 - Howard Plumb - further detail of life outside his sport.
Edited 14,000th article on Wednesday, 8 February 2023 - Ana Pauker - raised citation need over her stated birth date which is variously given as February and December 1893.
Edited 15,000th article on Friday, 29 September 2023 - Charlotte Burbury - clarified she died at Richmond in London.
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217.141.23.33 - 16 biographies, three places, Talk re 1876 FA Cup Final.
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194.81.127.244 - Four place articles (Powis Castle, West Ham Jewish Cemetery, Westminster Abbey Burials and Monuments, Sidestrand), talk points re Sir Sam Hughes, Stanley Baldwin and 6th Marquess of Northampton, and 3 biographies ( Lancelot Hogben, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, 6th Marquess of Northampton.)
85.158.202.7 - Added Sir William Strickland to list of Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom killed in accidents.
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31.48.248.218 - introduced section on divorced Prime Ministers (Anthony Eden) in Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom,and work on section on Brother Sets of MPs in Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom.
217.35.253.76 - further detail of WWI service of Sir Oswald Mosley.
30.50.165.221 - entered in Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom the shortest interval (fastest comeback) between terms served by a Prime Minister - Henry Pelham's two days out of office in 1746.
217.35.253.7 - further detail in talk page comment to article on Larcomar, regarding coverage of recent fire disaster.
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