User:Colin Keigher

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[edit] About Me and Wikipedia

I have been using Wikipedia for a number of years, and now I feel that I should contribute. My wiki philosophy takes on a centrist view of things, meaning that I want to make sure things are as neutral as possible. Other goals include to add more media to various articles, and to also remove stubs that are for articles originating from my locale.

While I will be contributing to Wikipedia in only the English language, je comprends la langue française avec confiance, と私は日本語に学生でべんきょうします。

My first article contribution was an edit of the Canada Line Project. I added an image showcasing the current construction.

Any media contributions of my own will be licensed under Creative Commons, as I do host my photos elsewhere.

Stuff that I am currently testing can be viewed in my sandbox. Also, if you wish to see my Wikipedia start page, click here.

[edit] Contributions to Wikipedia

My first edit was uploading this image for the Canada Line article.

While some edits were initially performed as an anonymous IP, I have done the majority of my edits under this account. You can keep up to date on my edits using a great tool by Interiot.

[edit] Milestones

• First edit - Uploaded a construction photo for the Canada Line page. It later got used in a Vancouver Public Library publication. (16 April 2006)
• One-hundredth edit - Created an AfD for a non-notable band. You can view the page here. (17 April 2006)
• Five-hundredth edit - Reverted an vandal edit to Fred Phelps. (4 October 2006)
• One-thousandth edit - Corrected some grammatical and spelling errors in St Andrew's Cathedral School. (5 December 2006)

[edit] Outside of Wikipedia

I work for an Internet Service Provider that provides its service all over North America. My current major in school is History, particularly in the history of Canada. My interests include computers, anime, politics, and reading.

One thing I also do is take photos. I own a digital camera and have more of an interest in taking photos of scenery than of people; my friends comment this to me quite often, and it shows.

I am also a Catholic, but I take a very liberal view and go against some of the teachings the Church is currently presenting to us. I believe that my religion can reform itself, as it has done so many, many times.

[edit] Some Humour

I requested that Luna-san vandalise my page. Here is what he came up with. You'll want to check out the history for August 15th to view the edit.

Countesy of Memorable Quotes from Alt.SysAdmin.Recovery...

[Re: The Four Horsemen]
Don't you mean...

• "The Internet is down." meaning "I accidentally took my printer off line"
• "The Internet is down." meaning "I fiddled with my registry and now my computer won't boot"
• "The Internet is down." meaning "I forgot my password" and
• "The Internet is down." meaning "My favourite porn site isn't responding"

Paul Tomblin

This may apply to Wikipedia quite well...

Give a loser a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a loser to fish and he'll bug you for life:
 
"My bait's not working, but I haven't changed anything!"
"The river's gone down. Fix it!"
"Why is the net so slow today?"
-- Malcolm Ray
 
"I keep on getting my line caught on myself - why is it so hard to fish ?"
"Can I surf the river ?"
"I fell in the river and now I'm all wet - fix things so that I don't get wet when I fall in"
"Why can't the fish just jump out of the river into my frying pan ? It would make fishing so much easier"
"What is a fish ?"
"I can't fish" (which could be anything from not having a fishing rod to using a brick for bait).
-- Simes
 
Light a fire for a luser and he'll be warm for a night; set a luser on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
-- fun
 
Give a man dynamite and soon the village will be showered with mud and rocks and unrecognisable bits of fish.
-- Peter Gutmann

[edit] Random User Boxes

This user is a Wikipedian in Canada.	This user comes from British Columbia.
This user comes from Vancouver.	This user is a member of WikiProject Vancouver
This user is a participant of WikiProject Anime and Manga.	php This user can program in PHP.
<html> This user can write HTML.	This user contributes using Safari.
This user runs Mac OS X.	BB This user contributes using a broadband connection.
This user is a member of WikiProject Alberta.	OS X This user has an iBook G4 running Tiger.
This user contributes using an Apple Mac mini computer.	vn-11 This user page has been vandalized 11 times.