User:Michig

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en This user is a native speaker of English.
GMT This user's time zone is GMT.
This user lives in England.
This user is a part of WikiProject Alternative music.
Comp This user is a member of WikiProject Computing.
even This editor is an eventualist.
1RR This user prefers discussing changes on the talkpage rather than engaging in an edit war.
linkspam This user despises linkspam, and will terminate it on sight, as well as any other spam by the contributor.
This user is not a Wikipedia administrator, but would like to be one someday.
7,000+ This user has made over 7,000 contributions to Wikipedia.
This user wastes far too much time editing Wikipedia.
There are no statements of belief or opinion on this page. I'm here as an encyclopedist.
V This user is Vegan.



This user enjoys reggae.
band-3 This user loves the band The Fall.
band-3 This user loves the band Bogshed.
This user plays the guitar.
This user plays the bass guitar.

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[edit] Awards

This editor is a Grognard Extraordinary, and is entitled to display this 1937 Wikipedia First Edition.
This editor is a Grognard Extraordinary, and is entitled to display this 1937 Wikipedia First Edition.

I award Michig barnstar in appreciation of contributions to article related to Software Testing. --Pinecar 08:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiInterests

Wikipedia Interests (and topics that I am likely to contribute to):

  • Reggae and Jamaican music in general
  • Popular and alternative music
  • Software Development
  • IT
  • East Midlands local interest and local government

[edit] Wikipedia annoyances

  • People who nominate articles for deletion without making any effort to determine whether the subject is notable and/or improve the articles in question
  • Abuse of speedy-delete tags (by non-vandals), and the fact that WP doesn't have adequate measures for dealing with such abuse. Examples of articles that I 'rescued' because they were wrongly tagged for speedy deletion in one week in December 2007: Lillie Pope, Floyd Johnson, Greg Hartley, Peter Peters, Gospel Gangstaz. Who knows how many others get wrongly deleted because nobody spots them in time?
  • Editors who subtly troll without actually violating any WP policies or guidelines, but nonetheless seem to delight in winding other editors up
  • Incivility

[edit] Articles I started

Count = 133 (not including redirects, disambiguation pages, etc.)

[edit] Reggae/Jamaica

Dave Barker; Barry Brown (singer); Black Slate; Everton Blender; Philip "Fatis" Burrell; Susan Cadogan; Al Campbell; Cornell Campbell; Lloyd Charmers; Herman Chin Loy; The Chosen Few (reggae group); The Cimarons; Ansell Collins; Joseph Cotton; Roy Cousins; Tommy Cowan; Ronnie Davis; Dobby Dobson; Earl Sixteen; Clint Eastwood (musician); Clint Eastwood & General Saint; Dean Fraser; General Echo; The In Crowd (reggae band); David Isaacs; The Itals; Jah Warrior; Jamaica Independence Festival; Jet Star; Pat Kelly (musician); Kiddus I; Fred Locks; Jimmy London; Mafia & Fluxy; Massive Dread; The Meditations; Peter Metro; Nigger Kojak; Pama Records; Prince Alla; Michael Prophet; Ranking Joe; The Royals (group); Sir Lord Comic; Leroy Smart; Ernie Smith (singer); Rod Taylor (singer); Jah Thomas; Nicky Thomas; Trinity (musician); U Brown; The Uniques (Jamaican group); Vibronics; Wayne Wade;

[edit] Indie/Alternative Music

Adventures in Stereo; The Avant Gardeners; A Witness*; The Band of Holy Joy; The Batfish Boys; Biff Bang Pow!; Big Dipper (band) (after the original very brief article was deleted); Blab Happy; Blow Up (band); BOB (band); Bogshed*; The Bomb Party; Boots For Dancing; Bradford (band); The Bridewell Taxis; Captain Oi! Records; The Caretaker Race; Chaotic Dischord; The Chesterfields; Colenso Parade; The Corn Dollies; Crash (UK band); The Creepers; Delicatessen (band); The Derelicts; The Destructors (band); The Diagram Brothers; Dislocation Dance; The Distractions; The Dylans; East River Pipe; The Ejected; Elevation Records; The Enemy (UK punk band); The Fits; Further (band); Glaxo Babies; The Golden Dawn; Great Leap Forward (band); Heresy (band); The June Brides; List of indie pop artists (well, at least it keeps the list out of Indie pop), Robert Lloyd (Nightingales); The Mackenzies; Maximum Joy; Medium Cool Records; The Membranes; Miaow (band); Mighty Mighty*; Misterlee; The Motorcycle Boy; New Fast Automatic Daffodils; One Thousand Violins; The Parachute Men; Perfume (band); The Rain (band); The Rainkings; The Raw Herbs; Razorcuts*; Riot Squad; Ron Johnson Records; The Room (band); Ruth's Refrigerator; See See Rider (band); Serious Drinking; The Servants; Shrubs (band); The Siddeleys; Slumberland Records; Spirea X; Ten Benson; Twang (band); UK Indie Chart (replacing redirect); The Very Things; Yeah Yeah Noh

[edit] Popular Music

The Glitter Band (replacing redirect),

[edit] Local stuff

Anstey, Leicestershire*; Bradgate Electoral Division; Woodhouse (parish), Leicestershire;

*using a previous account

[edit] Photos

Some of the photos that I have contributed. Others can be found at Wikimedia Commons.

[edit] Things to do when I've got a minute

List is here