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I have been editing as the '''Sage of Stamford''' since March 2008. My Wikipedia name was chosen a loose tribute to the [[Warren Buffett|Sage of Omaha]], substituting an [[alliteration|alliterative]] [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|English placename]]. 

==Wikipedia Interests==
Other than correcting [[grammatical]] [[solecisms]] and [[language|linguistic]] infelicities (which could occur in any article I alight upon) my main contributions to date relate to (i) [[academics]], particularly [[classics|classicists]], of the [[University of Cambridge]] and related subject matter and (ii) [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishops]] and other [[clergy]].

==Articles created or substantially edited==
Articles started or with major edits include:

===Cambridge related===
'''Classics'''
* [[Professor of Ancient History, Cambridge University]]
* [[Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy]]
* [[Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology]]
* [[A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture]]
* [[Gladstone Professor of Greek]] (Classics, but not Cambridge)
* [[Reginald Hackforth]]
* [[W. K. C. Guthrie]] (major edit)
* [[Richard L. Hunter]]
* [[David Sedley]]
* [[A. A. Long]] (Classics, but not Cambridge)
* [[Perceval Maitland Laurence]]
* [[Robert Manuel Cook]]
* [[John Raven]]
* [[William Wyse]]
* [[Peter Giles (philologist)|Peter Giles]]
* [[Alfred Chilton Pearson]]
* [[Gilbert Austin Davies]]

'''History'''
* [[Professor of Medieval History (Cambridge)|Professor of Medieval History ]]
** Holders of the above position:
*** [[Charles William Previté-Orton]]
*** [[C. R. Cheney]]
** Succession and Information Boxes for all holders of the chair, plus general tidying of text of pre existing articles 

'''Professorships'''
* [[Sheild Professor of Pharmacology]]
* [[Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations]]
* [[William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology]]
* [[Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions]]
* [[Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professor of Applied Thermodynamics]]
* [[Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History]]
* [[Sheila Joan Smith Professor of Immunology]]

'''Other'''
* [[Marmaduke Sheild]]
* [[William Arthur Brown]]
* [[John Hilton (industrial relations)|John Hilton]]
* [[Frank George Young]]
* [[Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick]]
* [[George Armitage Chase]]
* [[James Wood (mathematician)|James Wood]]
* [[Valerie Pearl]]
* [[Anne Lonsdale]]
* [[Robert Forsyth Scott]]
* [[William Telfer]]
* [[Thomas Callan Hodson]]
* [[Stuart Alexander Donaldson]]
* [[Henry Palin Gurney]]
* [[Yorke Prize]]
* [[John Stewart of Rannoch Scholarship]]
* Categories created for the masters of each Cambridge college

===Catholic related===
* [[Ealing Abbey]] (major edit)
* [[Bernard Orchard]]
* [[Kevin John Dunn]]
* [[Frederick Walters]]
* Numerous minor edits

===Miscellaneous===
* [[Wren and Gurney]]
* [[W. N. Ashbee]]

==Planned articles==
I have articles in various stages of preparation on:
* Sir Frank Ezra Adcock, [[Professor of Ancient History, Cambridge University]] and [[Bletchly Park]] [[cryptanalyst]]
* John Crook, [[Professor of Ancient History, Cambridge University]]
* Arnold Lawrence, [[Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology]] and brother of [[T. E. Lawrence]]
* Edward Miller, [[medieval]] [[historian]]
* W. W. Grave, [[Registrary]] and driving force in the establishment of [[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge]]
* Joseph William Hendren, last [[Vicar Apostolic of the Western District]] and first [[Bishop of Clifton]]

==Articles for deletion==
I successfully campaigned for the removal of the article on [[Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Nicky_Blair_(2nd_nomination)|Nicky Blair]], but failed in my campaign against his brother [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Euan Blair|Euan Blair]], although I continue to maintain that the arguments advanced in favour of retention are specious and contrary to the principles of Wikipedia; a battle to be resumed in due course.

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