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==Areas of Interest==

*[[Russia]] - Country, language, and politics.
*Military affairs (especially relating to the [[British Army]] and [[Royal Navy]])
*[[South Africa]] 1850-1950 (with particular reference to the life of [[Jan Smuts|Jan Christian Smuts]])
*[[British Constitution|British Constitutional Affairs]]
*Orders, Medals, and Decorations of the UK and Commonwealth.

==What am I doing?==
[[Image:JanSmutsFM.png|thumb|250px|right|Jan Smuts]]
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My big project at the moment is expanding the articles on [[Jan Smuts]].  Following on from the excellent work by [[User:Bastin8|Bastin8]] I'm searching out references, pictures etc and writing some quite in-depth articles on Jan Smuts's life and times (see right).  Quite a long-term project, and one which is a lot more involved and requires a lot more effort than I, in my initial flush of naive exuberance, first thought. Hopefully it, and the sub-articles, may reach Featured Article status some day...  

I'm also quite keen to expand the articles on some of the other notable South Africans of the time (1850-1950).  I try and add to articles on men such as [[Louis Botha]] and [[Cecil Rhodes]] when I have time.  In the not too distant future I would like to write a proper history of the [[Transvaal]], following on from the excellent example set by the [[History of Cape Colony]] articles. 

More recently I've spent a lot of time on the Orders, Medals, and Decorations of the UK and Commonwealth.  I've written a series of articles on [[British campaign medals]] and I'm single-handedly responsible for the entirety of Wikipedia's coverage of New Zealand [[New Zealand campaign medals|Campaign medals]] and [[New Zealand gallantry awards|Gallantry awards]].  If that's not a proud boast to make, then I don't know what is...

Apart from this I attempt to make meaningful contributions, as and when I can, to any other articles I find which pique my interest.

==Peer Recognition==
{{award2|image=Society barnstar 2.png|size=100px|topic=The Power in International Relations Barnstar|text=For your persistent hard work on some of the hardest and most controversial articles to work with on Wikipedia. It's been a pleasure working with you and you deserve this. '''[[User:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkblue">Noble</font><font color="darkorange">eagle</font>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Nobleeagle|<font color="darkred" size="0.2" face="Arial Narrow"> <nowiki>[TALK]</nowiki></font>]][[Special:Contributions/Nobleeagle|<font color="darkred" size="0.2" face="Arial Narrow">&nbsp;<nowiki>[C]</nowiki></font>]]</sup> 03:41, 28 December 2006 (UTC)}}

[[Image:Tireless_Contributor_Barnstar.gif|frame|{{{align|left}}}|&nbsp;<small>'''[[User:Redvers|&nbsp;REDVERS&nbsp;]]'''↔[[User talk:Redvers|&nbsp;SЯEVDEЯ&nbsp;]]</small> awards this Tireless Contributor Barnstar to '''Xdamr''' for hard but worthwhile work at CfD that improves Wikipedia for everybody.]]


[[User:Xdamr|<span style="font-family: Times; font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:18px;">X</span>damr]]<sup>[[User_Talk:Xdamr|talk]]</sup> 01:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[[User:Xdamr|<span style="font-family: Times"><span style="font-size:140%">X</span><span style="font-size:110%">damr</span></span>]]<sup>[[User_Talk:Xdamr|talk]]</sup>




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