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Favourite Pages
Spore (game)
Burnout Revenge
Peter Corey
Coping With
Nintendo Revolution
Broken News
Look Around You
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Contributions
Page Creations
Elderado Dingbatti
Coping With
Chester Mail
Chester Chronicle
Chester Evening Leader
Chester General rail crash
Chester Jets
Northgate Arena
Countess of Chester Hospital
The Day Britain Stopped
Puddle
Preparing for Emergencies
Scummy Man
British Rail flying saucer
Transport (typeface)
Dogs Trust
Vindaloo (single)
Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals
A8(M) motorway (Northern Ireland)
Nuclear power by country
M4 Toll
Puddle, Preparing for Emergencies, British Rail flying saucer, Transport (typeface), Dogs Trust, Vindaloo (single), A8(M) motorway (Northern Ireland) and M4 Toll were later DYK'd
Nuclear power by country is now a Featured List
Major Contributions
Peter Corey
Dead Ringers (comedy)
Dr. Gustav Sebald
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout Revenge
Broken News
My Contributions
Image Uploads
The Laxey Wheel Manx phone box
Laxey Wheel Manx Phonebox
Manx steam locomotive Manx electric train
Manx steam loco Manx electric loco
Eastgate clock Chester Racecourse
Eastgate Clock Chester Racecourse
Eastgate clock Chester Racecourse
FIFA World Cup winners FIFA World Cup hosts
Commercial nuclear power by nation Map of the world by beer consumption
Commercial nuclear power Beer consumption by nation
About
Smurrayinchester (me!) is, as the name suggests, a Wikipedian from Chester, England. I regularly try to post helpful answers on the Reference Desk, and hope for the day that someone makes an interesting edit to something on My Watchlist! This account was started on 18th of August, 2005.

My current interests and/or areas of expertise are: British road signs, Pokémon & Nintendo, The Simpsons, Friends, indie rock, BBC comedies and books, especially Coping With and A Series of Unfortunate Events. Yes, I know, I'm a nerd...

Timeline
Edit 1: Peter Corey (diff)
Edit 100: Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous (diff)
Edit 500: Springfield (The Simpsons) (diff)
Edit 1000: V.F.D. (diff)
Edit 1500: User:Smurrayinchester/Quotes (diff)
Edit 2000: Vladimir Lenin (diff)
Edit 3000: List of on-screen clichés (diff)
Subpages
user:Smurrayinchester/Infoboxes
user:Smurrayinchester/Stub
Signature tutorial
Art experiment
WikiProjects
I am currently a member of three WikiProjects:
WikiProject British TV Channels
WikiProject British TV shows
WikiProject A Series of Unfortunate Events
Vital Articles
This is a list of articles I have found (and still find!) very useful:
Help:Table - I can never remember the syntax properly, and this page works so very well!
Help:Formula - Likewise, <math> is complex too. I wonder why it isn't <maths>...
Wikipedia:Reference Desk - Need a question answering? This is place!
Wikipedia:Help Desk - The people who work on this never get mad, even after I posted a shoddy piece of HTML and asked why it didn't work.
Special:Random - Great fun! But why does it always link to Canadian politians?
List of HTML decimal character references - All the funny symbols!
Wikipedia:Don't stuff beans up your nose - Always good advice...
Wikipedia:Esperanza/Coffee lounge - A good way to unwind...
A big Thank You to all these pages and the people who edit them!
My To-Do
Google Search & Rescue vandalised pages.
Legend
I'll do this when I get around to it.
This is pretty important; I should do it soon
Very important; most probably already in progress
!!! Drop everything! I must do this right away!
Wikichums
Celestianpower
Go for it!
Gurubrahma
Haza-w
HighwayCello
Natalya
Nightstallion
TantalumTelluride
Wikiwoohoo
If you think I have forgotten you, just shout!
(Obviously don't actually shout; unless you live very near me, I won't hear you. Leave a message on my user page)
Awards
Won Designed
For your generous contributions to the Wikipedia, and the Esperanza communities, I, KnowledgeOfSelf, award you this Barnstar of Diligence.
From KOS

I, D-Day, give the Tireless Contributor's barnstar for successfully redesigning my userpage! --D-Day 14:19, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

From D-Day

Thank you for all the help, I am in debt to you. Cheers, Highway Rainbow Sneakers 17:08, 5 June 2006 (UTC))

From HighwayCello
For great contributions to the template namespace.
Template Barnstar
For great contributions to business and economics articles.
Business Barnstar

For his several fabby entrants to DYK, (I cannot believe that there wasn't a Dogs Trust article!) I awared Smur this shiny medal. Wear it with pride, Highway Rainbow Sneakers 22:23, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

From HighwayCello

I award Smur this barnstar for getting Nuclear power by country to featured level! Highway Batman! 16:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

From HighwayCello

award this Barnstar to Smurrayinchester for being bold in creating the Constellation Barnstar.--Ed, 18:57, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

From Ed
For great contributions to Philadelphia articles.
Liberty Star

For helping me pass my GI subspecialist exams, I award Smurrayinchester this barnstar.  Thanks for your HD assistance! Samir धर्म 06:46, 4 November 2006

From Samir धर्म
Userboxes & Babel
Important
3k This user has made over 3000 edits.
BE This user uses British English. UK
This user is at wikistress level 1: Just Fine WS:1
Babel & Browser
en This user is a native speaker of English.
es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.
fr-1 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.
cy-0 Dydy'r defnyddiwr 'ma ddim yn deall y Gymraeg.
BS-4 This user is able to contribute with a near-native level of Bullshit.
Firefox This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.
Wikipedia Activity
ms-1 This user uses the metric system.
TS This user contributes frequently to The Simpsons articles.
RD This user contributes frequently to the Reference Desk.
Kindness Campaign This user is a member of the Kindness Campaign
This user is a Wikipedia tipster.
This user is a member of Esperanza.
Personal
FF This user likes Franz Ferdinand.
"I want a car! I want a car."
KTT This user likes KT Tunstall.
"Black horse and a cherry tree."
tAF This user likes the Arcade Fire.
"Nobody's home so nobody minds!"
AM This user likes the Arctic Monkeys.
"All you people are vampires!"
WAS This user likes We Are Scientists.
"Come on, get gone!"
Blr This user likes Blur.
"Parklife!"
Wii This user thinks Wii isn't actually a bad name.
Location/Geography
Union Flag I currently live in England, UK English Flag
French Flag I have visited France and Germany... Flag of Germany
Welsh Flag and of course Wales and Cornwall... Cornish Flag
Flag of Mann and the Isle of Man, but have never left Europe... Flag of Europe
Japanese Flag so I want to visit Japan & USA US Flag
Misc
This user is a member of the Wikipedians in the United Kingdom category

The motto of the WITUK is Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, which translates to, "may evil come to anyone who thinks evil". This motto reflects a key Wikipedian desire and is a reference to the British 'Order of the Garter'.

Wikipedians in the United Kingdom
This user is a member of the Kindness Campaign

All too often we get too wrapped up in our own tasks to recognize the hard work and determination of others. This WikiProject aims to correct that injustice, even if only a little bit, by making a conscious effort to acknowledge exceptional effort, skill, and commitment.

This user is a member of the Association of Wikipedians Who Dislike Making Broad Judgements About the Worthiness of a General Category of Article, and Who Are In Favor of the Deletion of Some Particularly Bad Articles, but That Doesn't Mean They are Deletionist
AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD

The motto of the AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD is Est omnino difficile iudicare inclusionis meritum cuiusdam rei in encyclopædia cum ratio sciendi quid populi referat incerta sit, sed nihilominus aliquid encyclopædiam dedecet, which translates to "it is generally difficult to judge the worthiness of a particular topic for inclusion in an encyclopedia considering that there is no certain way to know what interests people, but some topics nevertheless are not fit for an encyclopedia." This motto reflects the desire of these Wikipedians to be reluctant, but not entirely unwilling, to remove articles from Wikipedia.

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