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Due to having a new kitchen, Jza84 is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia soon.
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Personal Information
- Hello and welcome to Jza84's user page.
- I live in Greater Manchester and my interests are geography, geneaology, politics and the contemporary visual arts.
- I have been contributing to the English language Wikipedia since December 2005 (first as an anon, then under a different username).
- I was granted administrator status on 21 May 2008.
- I mainly contributute to articles related to the WikiProjects I participate with, particularly (but by no means exclusive to) local and national geography.
- A lover of consistency across articles, my personal aims include producing outstanding articles about places and things important to me and my life, and encourage a greater ethos of teamwork at Wikipedia.
- Amongst other things, I'm currently working on getting each place in Greater Manchester and Northern England to have a lead photograph (static image) dipicting the local landscape or a local landmark in the infobox. My favourites so far have included Audenshaw, Barnsley, Hattersley, Ancoats, Dalton-in-Furness, Middleton, Hulme and Bollington.
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Achievements I'm proud of
I've significantly contributed to a number of featured and good articles, particularly:
Today's featured article: 2 April 2008
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Peterloo Massacre |
| The Peterloo Massacre occurred on 16 August 1819 when cavalry were ordered to charge into a crowd peacefully protesting for parliamentary reform. It resulted in the deaths of 15 and injuries to 600–700 men women and children. The event was largely discounted by the authorities, although it has recently been described as Manchester's Tiananmen Square, and an event in the history of the United Kingdom most in need of a proper memorial. |
I am also very proud of the following:
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WikiProject UK Geography |
| The United Kingdom Geography WikiProject is dedicated to improving and expanding Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to the Geography of the United Kingdom and is most closely involved with facilitating the development of Britain's settlements and divisions of land; ensuring a consistent approach is taken across the United Kingdom's geography class articles. |
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar |
| "A few hours ago the scurrilous entry was removed, after all it's a sin to lie." Your swift edits were mentioned on BBC North West Tonight (I'm glad they acknowledged that there are good editors here). You certainly deserve this for taking responsibility for the Denshaw article and vastly improving it, showing that wikipedia can work. Nev1 (talk) 21:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
| I don't normally give out barnstars, but this seems only appropriate in recognition of your fantastic series of maps of counties in England. I'm looking forward to Wales! Warofdreams talk 11:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| This barnstar is awarded for your efforts in helping Greater Manchester to achieve good article status. A great collaborative effort from some of the members of the Greater Manchester WikiProject. ┌Joshii┐└chat┘ 15:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC) |
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The Geography Barnstar |
| I, GRB1972, award you this award for the unstinting and selfless work that you've done in helping to raise the standard of the Manchester article to the level it is today and other related Greater Manchester articles, I thought that you and a couple of your colleagues deserved this. GRB1972 22:48, 20th November 2007 (UTC) |
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The WikiProject Greater Manchester Award of Merit |
| I, Rudget, award Jza84 the Greater Manchester Award of Merit for above board and oustanding contributions to Greater Manchester, and the greater area of the UK in general. Well done! Rudget.talk 13:33, 18 November 2007 (UTC) |
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The Geography Barnstar |
| For the immense amount of work that you've done in creating maps, and for your on-going work with the Greater Manchester project, I thought that you deserved this. I was only surprised that nobody had already awarded it to you. Malleus Fatuarum 19:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| I award you this barnstar for the hard work and quality editing put into the Manchester article. Pursey Talk | Contribs 03:41, 14 September 2007 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
| For the great work on map images for our major cities and conurbations. MRSC • Talk 05:51, 28 March 2007 (UTC) |
To do
I've identified the following geography-class articles as those I would most like to see expanded and improved. Feel free to help!:
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Travels
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