User:Benkid77
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About me
I created this Wikipedia account in April 2009. However I've been an enthusiastic, regular reader of Wikipedia articles for some years before this.
I live in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England which is the largest town on the Wirral Peninsula, across the River Mersey from Liverpool. Apart from Wikipedia editing, I also take photos for upload to Wikimedia Commons, many of which are from nearby places. Although, I also sometimes travel to other regions and takle photos, for example Birmingham and London.
If I find that any photos I've taken are relevant to articles which lack a photo, then I will usually add one to the article. I only check the English Wikipedia for this purpose, not other language Wikis. Although, some UK images do find their way into non-English Wikipedias as they also cover UK-related topics.
I am liable to take breaks of many months away from Wikipedia depending on how busy I am in real life.
My contributions
Articles started
- comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition
- Grandstand (game manufacturer)
- Munchman (tabletop electronic game)
- Mini-Munchman
- Birdsong (digital radio channel) (Split off from an already-written section in Digital One and expanded)
- Band IV
- Colour recovery
- Storeton transmitting station
- Band V
- Band VI
- Entex Industries
- West Kirby transmitting station
Assisted with translation (into English)
- Dobrolyot (from Russian)
Templates created
Other
- Numerous minor edits in many other articles.
Images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
Here's a small selection of some of the images I have so far uploaded to the commons.
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Railway tracks -
Pylons -
Hilbre Island -
A cat -
A butterfly -
Space Whale -
Big yellow flower -
A tram -
Stunt planes -
Neston station -
Dragon slide -
Atari ST art
Conflicts of interest
I'm known as "Digital Prawn" in the 8-bit retro-computing community (Currently active in the Sinclair "ZX Spectrum" scene) and I hosted the annual comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition back in 2008. I have also submitted games to the competition in 2007 & 2009. However, I ceased to have any involvement with the running of the competition from January 2009 onwards.
My user subpages
User:Benkid77/Sandbox
User:Benkid77/Sandbox2
Contact me
To contact me about anything Wikipedia-related, please write on my User Talk Page instead of this page. Thanks!