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I'm a [[software developer]] living in [[London]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]. I've been a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]] since May 2005, and amassed in excess of [https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ec/en.wikipedia.org/UkPaolo 11,000 edits]. These days I am something of an occasional editor. I am also a former Administrator following a [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/UkPaolo|successful request for adminship]] in February 2006.

==Contributions==
An eclectic selection of articles which I started (not that I'm any longer the primary contributor to many of these):
* '''[[Acciona Trasmediterránea]]''' &mdash; a Spanish ferry company
* '''[[Alton Towers railway station]]''' &mdash; a disused railway station in [[Staffordshire]]
* '''[[Appletiser]]''' &mdash; a sparkling fruit drink
* '''[[Barga, Tuscany]]''' &mdash; a medieval [[Tuscan]] city near the centre of Italy
* '''[[Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway]]''', '''[[Bentworth and Lasham railway station]]''', '''[[Butts Junction]]''', '''[[Cliddesden railway station]]''' and '''[[Herriard railway station]]''' &mdash; an old railway line in [[Hampshire]] and some of it's now-disused railway stations
* '''[[Baughurst]]''', '''[[Cliddesden]]''', '''[[Dummer, Hampshire|Dummer]]''', '''[[North Waltham, Hampshire|North Waltham]]''', '''[[Sherfield on Loddon]]''' and '''[[Steventon, Hampshire|Steventon]]''' &mdash; various villages in north [[Hampshire]]
* '''[[Bhargaon]]''', '''[[Chaubatia]]''', '''[[Gajapati, Karnataka|Gajapati]]''', '''[[Pilkholi]]''' and '''[[Sewad Chhoti]]''' &mdash; various villages in India
* '''[[Bright Bricks]]''' &mdash; a professional [[Lego]] building company
* '''[[Brunnwinkl]]''' &mdash; a hamlet in Austria
* '''[[Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman]]''' &mdash; a public Swiss company operating boats on [[Lake Geneva]]
* '''[[Dabs.com]]''' &mdash; an [[e-commerce]] retailer in the UK
* '''[[El Salam Maritime Transport]]''' &mdash; an [[Egypt]]ian ferry operator
* '''[[Festival Place]]''' &mdash; a shopping centre in [[Basingstoke]]
* '''[[Five Days (TV series)]]''' &mdash; a British TV series
* '''[[Granini]]''' &mdash; a German [[fruit juice]] manufacturer
* '''[[Gunwharf Quays]]''' &mdash; a shopping centre in [[Portsmouth]]
* '''[[Head for Points]]''' &mdash; a popular UK [[frequent flyer]] website
* '''[[Jane Hissey]]''' &mdash; a British writer and illustrator
* '''[[Lucca–Aulla railway]]''', '''[[Fornaci di Barga railway station]]''', '''[[Barga-Gallicano railway station]]''', '''[[Castelvecchio Pascoli railway station]]''' and '''[[Piazza al Serchio railway station]]''' &mdash; an Italian rail line and some of it's railway stations
* '''[[Lucca–Ponte a Moriano tramway]]''' &mdash; a tramway in Italy
* '''[[Lumiere festival]]''' &mdash; the UK's largest light festival
* '''[[Meridian (commuter rail)]]''' &mdash; the brand name of a German commuter rail service
* '''[[Morge (Lake Geneva)]]''' &mdash; a tributary of Lake Geneva
* '''[[Nakaloke]]''' and '''[[Mutufu]]''' &mdash; two towns in Uganda
* '''[[Nautile]]''' &mdash; a manned submersible owned by [[Ifremer]]
* '''[[Nigel Hess]]''' &mdash; a British [[composer]]
* '''[[Pride of Bilbao]]''' &mdash; a [[cruiseferry]] built in 1985
* '''[[Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue]]''' &mdash; a commune of Normandy, north-west France
* '''[[San Vicente de la Barquera]]''' &mdash; a municipality of [[Cantabria]] in northern Spain
* '''[[So where the bloody hell are you?]]''' &mdash; an advertising campaign launched in 2006 by [[Tourism Australia]]
* '''[[Ster Century]]''' &mdash; a [[cinema]] company in the UK and Ireland
* '''[[Topo Chico (prison)]]''' &mdash; a prison in [[Monterrey]], Mexico
* '''[[Trio (chocolate bar)]]''' &mdash; a [[McVitie's]] chocolate bar
* '''[[Whitchurch Silk Mill]]''' &mdash; a [[watermill]] on the [[River Test]]

==Photographs==
The following are my own images which [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/UkPaolo I have uploaded] to [[Wikimedia Commons]]:
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File:Pride of Bilbao.jpg|[[Pride of Bilbao]] cruiseferry leaving [[Portsmouth harbour]] in July 2003.
File:CGN Montreux.jpg|[[Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le lac Léman|CGN]] paddle steamer ''Montreux'' (built 1904) leaving [[Évian-les-Bains]], Haute Savoie, France in July 2002.
File:Kremna rezina.jpg|[[Kremna rezina]] Slovenian vanilla and custard dessert, photographed at the Park Hotel, [[Bled]] in August 2006.
File:Lumiere London 2016.jpg|Light sculptures transform Leicester Square in London for [[Lumiere festival]].
File:Westminster Abbey Lumiere London 2016.jpg|Coloured light projected onto [[Westminster Abbey]] by artist [[Patrice Warrener]].
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==Vandalism==
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I'm a software developer living in London, UK. I've been a Wikipedian since May 2005, and amassed in excess of 11,000 edits. These days I am something of an occasional editor. I am also a former Administrator following a successful request for adminship in February 2006.

Contributions

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An eclectic selection of articles which I started (not that I'm any longer the primary contributor to many of these):

Photographs

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The following are my own images which I have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons:

Vandalism

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This user page has been vandalised 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 times.


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