User:Rodw

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5500 This user has over 5500 edits on the English Wikipedia.
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This user helped promote the article Chew Valley to featured status.
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Somerset Coal Canal, Portal:Nursing & Wikipedia:WikiProject Nursing.
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[edit] About Me

I was born in Ramsgate & brought up in Margate went to the University of Surrey and then trained as a nurse at Frimley Park Hospital before undertaking various courses and jobs in Accident and Emergency in the National Health Service. Qualifications from Bournemouth University and London South Bank University followed along with jobs for the NHS and University of Sheffield.

I am now living in the Chew Valley, south of Bristol I work for the University of the West of England Faculty of Health And Social Care specialising in Health Informatics and E-learning. I'm also a member of the British Computer Society, Royal College of Nursing, Higher Education Academy and various other bodies.

I have 4 kids with very varied ages and interests, who are starting to use Wikipedia for homework! Hobbies include juggling, Real ale and travel.

[edit] Subject matter you might find me writing about

Not a complete list - but varied

The Chew Valley & surrounding area including; Chew Valley Lake, Chew Stoke, Chew Magna, Blagdon Lake, Compton Martin, East Harptree, Bishop Sutton, River Chew, Combe Down, Pensford, Stanton Drew & various other local villages particularly in the Mendip Hills, SSSIs, listed buildings etc I'm also part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Bristol

Health Informatics & elearning related stuff including; IMIA, Health Informatics, Virtual Learning Environment, National Programme for IT, but I feel a bit nervous about writing about topics too closely related to my work.

I'm an A&E nurse by trade and therefore do odd bits on nursing related pages including; Nurse, Nursing, District Nurse, Health Visitor, Royal College of Nursing, Florence Nightingale, Cicely Saunders, Ethel Bedford-Fenwick, Sarah Mullally, Christine Beasley, Betty Kershaw, June Clark & most of the people listed on Category:British nurses etc I'm also part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject National Health Service which is trying to improve the coverage of the NHS and related issues on Wikipedia.

Miscellaneous People - for various reasons eg; Edward Heath, Ralph Allen, Philip Rahtz, Haggis and Charlie, Charlie Dancey, Haggis McLeod, Howard Newby, Nigel Crisp, Ian Carruthers, etc

Others (mostly minor bits): University of the West of England, Glenside, Glastonbury Festival, Air Training Corps, Burton on the Wolds, Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal but I'll edit almost anything as I come across it.

[edit] Current & future stuff

The current UK geography collaboration of the month is Rutland.

If you see ways in which this article can be improved please edit it. You may get ideas from the talk page or the WikiProject UK geography.
The current Nursing collaboration of the month is International Nurses Day.

Please help by editing the article if you can. You may get ideas from the talk page or the WikiProject Nursing.

My main current areas of activity are;

One day I may get around to doing something about:

  • The Bilbie family of Bell founders and clock makers from Chew Stoke
  • The slave trade in Bristol

[edit] My Geography

Places I've drawn a pay-cheque:
Places I've visited for work:
Places I've slept overnight, holidayed or partied in:
Template purloined from Trident13 who shimmied it away from Bucketsofg who plagiarized it from Grutness who lifted idea from Moriori who half-inched from Calton who nicked it from Salsb who stole it from Guettarda who borrowed it from Coolcat

[edit] Miscellaneous stuff & activity

You can find statistics on my editing activity here I made my first edit on 29th Oct 2004 & as of 12th March 2006 had made 973 edits, including getting one article, Chew Valley Lake to Featured Article Status. During the next few months edits increased (am I becoming a Wikipediholic?) & by July 2006 had over 2000 edits with another article Chew Valley made it to Featured Article Status and a couple of others gaining Good article status. By October 2006 the count was over 4000 edits and two lists List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset and Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal having achieved featured status. Various edits also made it into the Did you know section.

[edit] External sites I run

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